Author: Robert Green

I don’t think there is anything particularly fashionable about February but for sure this item is seasonal, especially if we’ve had a spri...

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A jacket for this season

On a neighbourhood street corner in Islington, London N1, a particularly fine Indian eaterie has come to town. Thirty years ago it was a popular pub, ...

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A corner fit for a Prince

Season after season for the past decade and more, a football debate has raged, or at least simmered. Who is better: Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo?...

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Messi v Ronaldo

Apparently the word ‘sock’ is derived from the Latin word soccus, which means ‘slipper’. But one imagines protective footwear ...

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Putting a sock on it

In the 85th minute of a World Cup quarter-final last Saturday, the England captain, Harry Kane, was for the second occasion in the match given the opp...

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They think it’s ball over…