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 Nicci French oeuvre runs to 18 psychological thrillers, beginning with The Memory Game in 1997 and most recently including Saturday Requiem, publi...
Read MoreFICTION: Thrilling you, yes, but it’s not often very softly
As the smaller of the two countries of the Iberian peninsular, Portugal in some respects seems overshadowed by Spain, even if it loses nothing in comp...
Read MoreFOREIGN: Sun and fun in the Algarve…and absolutely no cheap shots at Joe Hart
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...
Read MoreFLYING: London City Airport – on a wing and a prayer
‘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...
Read MoreFOOTBALL: England battered by the Land of Cod in Iceland check-out
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...
Read MoreFINANCE: The company that went under and the knighthood which might follow
Last month the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers at Muirfield became the Hopeless Collection of Egregious Geriatrics when, in defiance of the re...
Read MoreGOLF: Muirfield – no longer an Open house
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 ...
Read MoreFILM: Austen minor classic becomes a big screen triumph
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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