Fantasies are not necessarily about good things. Dystopian fantasy is apparently a popular genre of science fiction. In Ukraine right now, the world i...
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The Oscars are coming (on March 27, to be precise) which means we must prepare ourselves for a glut of stories about Olivia Colman. There seems to be ...
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Dick Francis published his first novel in 1962. It was called Dead Cert and its background reflected a livelihood its author knew so well. Horse racin...
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You will know what hundreds and thousands are; those tiny multi-coloured sweets used to decorate cakes and ice cream, vanilla in particular. We are ta...
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A few years ago we went on a family holiday to Cancun in Mexico. We had a fabulous time, not least enjoying a few rounds of golf. It was the one and o...
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At the tail end of last year, a then 60-year old Englishman endured the worst weather the north coast of Spain had suffered for 30 years in order to p...
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Covid has been and is making many people desperate to be able to sort out a satisfying holiday away from it all. OK, I get that nowhere is a safe have...
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Stefani Germanotta, better known to you and me and pretty much everyone else as Lady Gaga, first came to worldwide attention with her 2009 album, The ...
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Last Saturday afternoon, Buxton FC were attempting to reach the 3rd round of the FA Cup – the stage at which the big boys join in – for th...
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