The title of Eimear McBride’s third novel is slightly misleading. Rather than Strange Hotel (the cover is shown on the home page), the noun shou...
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This coronavirus business is getting really serious, not least in the north of Italy. Last Sunday, the big football match between Juventus and Inter i...
Read MoreNo more mwah-mwah in Milan
Britain has been battered by some pretty ferocious winds during the course of this month, largely a distinctly unpleasant experience for most of us. B...
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A story last year on the satirical Arabic website Al-Hudood (apparently it’s bit like a cross between Private Eye and the Onion) ran under the h...
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The Italians have a way with food. A wonderful way and in so many different ways. But if there’s one element of Italian food that stands out it ...
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Last year’s Saudi International was preceded by Justin Rose defending his decision to play in Saudi Arabia (that’s Mecca on the home page)...
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The Premier League is big business and part of the huge revenues its clubs generate derive from the sales of replica shirts from their official mercha...
Read MoreFootball shirts: a shifty business
In October last year I did something I hadn’t done in absolutely ages. I went to a rock/pop concert. It was the first time I’d ever done t...
Read MoreA bit of a squeeze at the bar after getting to heaven
This blog is inspired by a short story from FT Money (the ‘personal finance section of the year’ as it’s flagged) in the Financial ...
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