Six essential tips on how to master the art of the ‘grandcation’
Grandparents are likely to be conscripted this year, more than ever – here’s how to ace your holiday with the grandchildren
Author Anthony Peregrine and his grandson Owen
Like many older men, I’m invariably astonished to look in the mirror and see a grandfather staring back. Hell’s teeth. I’ve barely got started. There’s still the rock band to form, Twickenham to take by storm and Route 66 upon which to get further kicks. Then a small person by my side restores reality. “Pops,” he says. (I’d wanted “Brad”, or conceivably “Colonel”, but the consensus was “Grandpops”, soon shortened to “Pops”.)