Season after season for the past decade and more, a football debate has raged, or at least simmered. Who is better: Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo?...
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It is over 35 years ago that CDs came along and we were told they were the future of leisurely listening to music. The vinyl LP was dead, or at least ...
Read MoreFar from a valediction for vinyl
Apparently the word ‘sock’ is derived from the Latin word soccus, which means ‘slipper’. But one imagines protective footwear ...
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And so to my third blog contemplating the dystopian fantasy that Donald Trump will regain the White House at the next US presidential election and tha...
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In the 85th minute of a World Cup quarter-final last Saturday, the England captain, Harry Kane, was for the second occasion in the match given the opp...
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As we head inexorably towards winter, it is pleasant to reflect on sunnier times just gone – as recently as last month, in fact. So it was that ...
Read MorePictures of Provence
Granted, perfume is not routinely considered a matter of fashion, but this might legitimately be considered an exception. A London-based French woman,...
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Last night in Miami the final one of the eight events on the LIV Golf calendar for 2022 ended with victory for the 4Aces team, captained by Dustin Joh...
Read MoreThe look of LIV
This book is a tribute act of sorts. The first sentence of Erin Kelly’s author’s note to The Skeleton Key reads: “When I was a child...
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