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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In light of the coronavirus crisis, on Monday March 16 the government announced social-distancing restrictions. Yes, one month ago today; that’...
Read MoreHeading for a fall? Yes – but just how big will it be?
The present narrative regarding air travel is a moving one, unlike most of the industry itself, which is largely at a standstill having seen most of i...
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This is not a particularly auspicious time to be writing a blog about film. Mostly because there aren’t any to go to see – well, not if on...
Read MoreHard times and soft sofas
The photo on the home page is of Dominic Cummings, formerly supremo of the Vote Leave campaign which ended up being victorious in the 2016 EU referend...
Read MoreThe dream of doing exactly what you want…until it’s all gone wrong
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...
Read MoreWith a little help from the wind
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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