The Times carried this piece from the good doctor on Friday, though we have not read it due to its presence behind a paywall. So if you have a subscription to The Times, click away.
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Au contraire, mon frere. I paid the £1 ($2) fee for one-day access and read the piece, which I found laugh-out-loud funny. There is an extract and some humorous comments at The New English Review:
http://www.newenglishreview.org/blog_direct_link.cfm/blog_id/28893
I just found to my surprise that I can read Times articles and many others for free, because I am a member of my local library. See
http://infoweb.newsbank.com/signin/BristolCityCouncil, for example. Once you get past the login page you can read most or all UK newspapers for free.