This summer is likely to see a great deal of media attention devoted to the small Atlantic island of Bermuda. It will be staging the 35th America’s ...
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I mentioned in a previous ‘flying’ blog about the time I left my seat to go and get a good view of the Matterhorn, the most spectacular pe...
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You have probably heard it said that fashion is a load of rubbish and you may well agree with the sentiment. Certainly, for the purposes of this blog,...
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You will probably have seen the news and the sensational headlines a couple of weeks ago. Voters in Britain had been asked to go back to the polls in ...
Read MoreGOLF: The referendum re-run provides a different verdict
The Ivy restaurant in London (West Street, WC2) is one of the most notable landmarks of the capital’s cuisine. It’s not that the food is a...
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The FA Cup quarter-finals played over the past few days were mildly ground-breaking in their own way. For the first time, there would be no replays if...
Read MoreFOOTBALL: All change in the name of the game
On Wednesday afternoon, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, unveiled his 2017 budget – in fact, the first of two he’ll announ...
Read MoreFINANCE: Hammond gets it from Murdoch organ and from May
One of the most esteemed novels of the past 30 years is probably Tom Wolfe’s The Bonfire of the Vanities. It was published in 1988 and was rapt...
Read MoreFILM: The Girl on the Train – the movie…or the book?
On a recent holiday to the Dominican Republic, my wife and I stayed at the Zoetry Agua resort (see photo on the home page) just north of Punta Cana o...
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