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...
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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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Rocketman is the story of Elton John (or Reg Dwight to give him his name when he was a piano-obsessed small boy in Pinner, Middlesex). If one reads ...
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Earlier this month, we did something we have only ever done once before; stayed overnight at an airport hotel. My wife had booked our BA flight to Cor...
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Dale Chihuly is styled as the “world’s most celebrated glass artist”. I have no idea how stiff the competition is for that accolade ...
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You may have heard of the chef, James Cochran. He won the Great British Menu 2018, one of those food programmes on the BBC that seem to crop up as oft...
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A COMIC/SERIOUS IMMORALITY TALE FOR OUR TIMES (a fantasy if it’s your sort of scene) The story starts in London just over two years ago, beginni...
Read MoreFANTASY: Love is a Battlefield – Part 9 of 10
On a hot day earlier this month, I espied the car below on a street in central London. The temperature was appropriate, because this particular vehicl...
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Tana French is best renowned for her Dublin murder squad mysteries. I can heartily recommend the most recent, the sixth in the series: The Trespasser....
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