Sicily is separated from mainland Italy by a narrow stretch of water called the Straits of Messina. Plans are intermittently advanced about spanning t...

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The football of Italy

It seems a long time ago that we were in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic (OK, it started in March 2020) and a time when we thought we might neve...

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A growth causing some grief

As one might expect, this year having seen the European Championships played in Germany, there has not been a shortage of books about football publish...

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Only in it for the money?

Nobody could deny that Billy Horschel was a worthy winner of the BMW PGA Championship on Sunday. Any guy who finishes the final day birdie-birdie-bird...

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PGA & LIV: farewell to ’24

I chose this book for my fiction blog this time around largely because of a serendipitous piece of timing. I started reading it shortly before a trip ...

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Very fine and very French

In terms of my f-factors blogs, this could have been categorised as either fashion, football or fun, but I’ve gone with the former. And I’...

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Following football fashion

Taylor Swift is back in London this week, with a string of five shows in six nights starting at Wembley on Thursday evening. She was there for three g...

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Swiftonomics