A sloth is a slow-moving tropical American mammal that hangs upside down from the branches of trees using its long limbs and hooked claws. Flanders and Swann wrote a wonderful song about the sloth which says, 'A Bradypus, or Sloth, am I, I live a life of ease...

I hate gardening with a passion, though I do love to look at other people’s gardens. The reason I dislike gardening so much is fundamentally because I am lazy and it is hard work. Weeding is one job I particularly dislike, since weeds seem to grow so much more quickly...

Lust is another of the seven deadly sins which can easily ensnare our hearts. Lust is usually associated with sexual sins, though it is actually defined as an ‘intense desire’ for something, which can, of course, refer to other things (such as a lust for power or...