The Ryder Cup at the Marco Simone Golf & Country Club just outside Rome ended a couple of weeks ago. The event has left me with several memories, ...
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The week before last I was in Rome for the first time in Lord knows how long. It is hardly a controversial view to describe it as one of the most allu...
Read MoreRevisit to the Eternal City
After a six-year hiatus, Arsenal returned to play in the UEFA Champions League last Wednesday evening, with a home game at the Emirates Stadium agains...
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I was reminded by a piece in The Guardian the other week that September has historically been a sometimes savage month for high finance. For example, ...
Read MoreCanary no more a gold mine
A couple of weeks ago I went to France for a few days, flying out of London City Airport on an early-morning British Airways flight to Nice. (There...
Read MoreDelays put into perspective
When news emerged last week that Yevgeny Prigozhin was among the passengers on an aircraft that had ‘mysteriously’ crashed in Russia, late...
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A film about a doll leaving a make-believe ‘paradise’ to visit ‘real world’ is bound to demand a large suspension of disbelief...
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At the beginning of this month, my wife and I went on a week-long holiday to Rhodes. You might say we picked the right time, because now would certain...
Read MoreHolidays and hell
The 151st Open Championship concluded at Royal Liverpool Golf Club on Sunday afternoon in the atrocious wet weather (the tricky par-three 17th sh...
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