Since it’s taken hold in almost every aspect of our lives, I guess it is no shock at all that Amazon has now got into fashion. Judging by the ph...
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At the Emirates Stadium in North London on Wednesday night (see photo on the home page), Arsenal, lying fourth in the Premier League, hosted Liverpool...
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Fantasies are not necessarily about good things. Dystopian fantasy is apparently a popular genre of science fiction. In Ukraine right now, the world i...
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The Oscars are coming (on March 27, to be precise) which means we must prepare ourselves for a glut of stories about Olivia Colman. There seems to be ...
Read MoreA lot of getting lost while Colman hopes to win again
Dick Francis published his first novel in 1962. It was called Dead Cert and its background reflected a livelihood its author knew so well. Horse racin...
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You will know what hundreds and thousands are; those tiny multi-coloured sweets used to decorate cakes and ice cream, vanilla in particular. We are ta...
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A few years ago we went on a family holiday to Cancun in Mexico. We had a fabulous time, not least enjoying a few rounds of golf. It was the one and o...
Read MoreGetting Mexican in Camden
At the tail end of last year, a then 60-year old Englishman endured the worst weather the north coast of Spain had suffered for 30 years in order to p...
Read MoreA worthwhile walk on the wild side
Covid has been and is making many people desperate to be able to sort out a satisfying holiday away from it all. OK, I get that nowhere is a safe have...
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