Styles of every sort of clothing have evolved over time and the same goes for swimwear, an aspect of fashion dealt with in a London exhibition called ...

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A fine time in the water

The genesis for this film, and the 2018 book on which it is based, could hardly be less propitious. Raynor Winn and Moth, her husband of 32 years, hav...

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A path of discovery

You will probably know that Cyprus is a member of the European Union. But not all of it if you are of a Turkish persuasion. In that case, approximatel...

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The Med in mid May

If you have ever caught a latish flight home from abroad then you will be familiar with the potential hassle of having to check-out of your accommodat...

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Late exit from Paphos

This book, Flesh, is the sixth novel by the 51-year-old Hungarian/English author, David Szalay, who has previously been short-listed for the Booker Pr...

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Getting physical

In light of this blog’s generic name of f-factors, an idea occurred to me when reading about President Trump’s recent implementation of hi...

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F-Names

My wife and I went for a short break to Florence last week. The weather was stunning – there may not have ben a cloud in the sky in the five day...

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Flight from Florence

My last foreign blog was about Sicily. So is this one, but it’s one with a difference. It involves the late Sicilian author, Andrea Camilleri, a...

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Small-screen transition