I admit that coronavirus has come into play here. This film is from a DVD, a story about the late 1960s shot in the mid-1980s. Withnail and I (the co...
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I remember a cartoon in an old issue of Private Eye, probably about 10 years ago. It depicted two scenarios: on the left was ‘Then’, on th...
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As you are probably aware, the Australian Open tennis tournament is presently taking place in Melbourne. The first of the season’s four Grand Slams ...
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We are approaching a full year (the anniversary will be on March 23) since the first government lockdown was ordered on account of the coronavirus. ...
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It has been almost a year since the UK left the European Union. It has been over three weeks since the transition period came to an end. Early days, I...
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OK, apologies for the hackneyed pun in the title but this Lebanese restaurant (its modest facade in shown on the home page) really is called Irresisti...
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OK, I know what you’re thinking: chocolates are nothing to do with fashion. I would argue that in this case they are – especially when we ...
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As with many industries, the film business has been hit brutally hard in 2020. What began as a year celebrating the success of Parasite, a South Korea...
Read MoreNo time to die…and let’s hope that cinemas don’t
Last April, there was football story in The Times which carried a table listing the respective wealth of the owners of the 20 clubs in the Premier Lea...
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