A month ago today the country went to the polls, to vote on whether or not we should leave the European Union. We decided to do so. Since then we̵...
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The other day I caught an early flight from London City Airport. Very early. Or at least I thought it was very early. On the other hand, there were tw...
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‘Out’ seems to be the word of the week. On Friday Britain went out of the European Union. On Monday England went out of Euro 2016. Tomorro...
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Last week Sir (just about for now) Philip Green appeared before a parliamentary select committee looking into the collapse of one of his former compan...
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Last month the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers at Muirfield became the Hopeless Collection of Egregious Geriatrics when, in defiance of the re...
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This understated but beguiling story (it’s a U certificate) is based on a Jane Austen novella called Lady Susan, which she wrote at the age of ...
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A crosstown journey, from Spitalfields to Soho – pretty easy by tube, could be an hour in a cab. First stop, pretty close to Liverpool Street s...
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