Life Trove

You may wonder how a man gets a nickname as singular as "Discombob." It wasn't born on a sports field or in a classroom; it wa...

Before I was born, my parents engaged in a titanic struggle over my identity. My father was determined to name me Lambert, after his own fat...

What’s in a Name? Quite a Lot, Apparently Ally, my wife-to-be, had the unfortunate surname “Hoar.” Now, she was very keen to get married — a...