So Liverpool are the Premier League champions; they have won their first league title since 1990, their first-ever of the Premier League era. Their c...
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The first book in the Inspector Morse series by Colin Dexter was Last Bus to Woodstock, published in 1975. The final one was The Remorseful Day, publi...
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For different reasons, Cannes on the French Riviera and Venice on the Italian Adriatic coast are two of the most alluring destinations in Western Euro...
Read MoreVenice yes…Cannes no but sort of…Oscars push-back?
Now that we are starting to get out and about a bit more, not only is our world going to look a bit different than it used to but that will be the cas...
Read MoreThe current go-to accessories: masks & gowns
What could be more normal over a bank holiday weekend in glorious weather, such as we have just enjoyed in London, than to enjoy an al fresco lunch. W...
Read MoreThe formerly pleasantly mundane remains out of reach
A week ago, the health secretary, Matt Hancock, was pretty blunt about our hopes for pretty vacations. (With apologies to the Sex Pistols.) He said th...
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Some reviews seem rather pointless these days. Of movies, for example. There are no cinemas open. Restaurant reviews are another. There is nowhere to ...
Read MoreMore nein dining than fine dining
To hold the Ryder Cup this coming September without the pubic being present would be like Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson at the 2018 match in Paris: t...
Read MoreNo fans = no point
The Marylebone Cricket Club (the MCC; see the logo on the gate on home page) plays its cricket at Lord’s, named for the man who owned the land u...
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