In his latest novel, the cover of which is shown on the home page, Ian McEwan enters the contemporary/future world of artificial intelligence by takin...
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Last week the Open Championship, the 148th edition of it, was held in Northern Ireland for the first time since 1951. Indeed, this was only the second...
Read MoreGOLF: The Open in Ireland
Last month my wife and I went to see a small retrospective (only 17 items in total) exhibition of the work of the American artist, Jeff Koons, at theÂ...
Read MoreFANTASY: The Koons collection and a pop-art record
Directed by Danny Boyle, written by Richard Curtis and with a soundtrack based on the songs of the world’s most legendary pop group, what could ...
Read MoreFILM: A story to make your troubles seem so far away?
I have previously written about the Covent Garden restaurant Joe Allen, in a food blog in November 2015. This is about another Joe Allen, as shown in ...
Read MoreFASHION: Nothing very fast about a loose-fitting top
There were any number of potential stories heading into the US Open which concluded at Pebble Beach on Sunday. Could Rory McIlroy, who had won in Cana...
Read MoreGOLF: Gary becomes a real player
You will doubtless have noticed that the England football team was in Portugal last week, playing and losing 3-1 to Holland and then playing and beati...
Read MoreFOOTBALL: England pay the penalty while fans make mayhem
Yes, it’s Greece again! Following on from my trip to the Peloponnese in February, this time it was a family trip to Corfu. (Or Cor-Phew, as I...
Read MoreFOREIGN: An Ionian idyll
A COMIC/SERIOUS IMMORALITY TALE FOR OUR TIMES (a fantasy if it’s your sort of scene) The story starts in London a little over two years ago, beg...
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