THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY BC PIRES TWO SATURDAYS ago, I had a tumour removed from my oesophagus. I got out of the Intensive Care Unit (so-called because that is exactly what you might need at short notice) on Monday evening and out of hospital itself one Friday ago. Not to tempt Providence, as Standard English
THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY BC PIRES Part II of Under the knife of Damocles LAST SATURDAY I underwent surgery to remove a tumour from the end of my gullet…but even though you’re reading this column now, I wrote it before I went under the knife. So neither you nor I have any idea how the