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 MoreAuthor: Robert Green
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...
Read MoreStrange by name…
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...
Read MoreWhere strangers don’t fear to tread
The Italians have a way with food. A wonderful way and in so many different ways. But if there’s one element of Italian food that stands out it ...
Read MoreBasta…although sometimes you just can’t get enough of pasta
Last year’s Saudi International was preceded by Justin Rose defending his decision to play in Saudi Arabia (that’s Mecca on the home page)...
Read MoreDeserted in the desert
The Premier League is big business and part of the huge revenues its clubs generate derive from the sales of replica shirts from their official mercha...
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