Today, April 6, is not just the first working day after the Easter holiday. It is the first day of the 2021-2 tax year. This blog, briefly, is about i...
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The UK went into the first coronavirus lockdown on March 23 last year, a little over 12 months ago. Hospitality venues opened up on July 4 (remember t...
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In a fiction blog in November 2015, I wrote about J. K. Rowling, creator of Harry Potter. Since writing the seven Potter books (ostensibly for kids!) ...
Read MoreMorphing from JKR into Robert Galbraith
We are in the middle of March, but since for many of us the prospect of a summer holiday abroad has been denied for approaching two years, it is small...
Read MoreSmoothing the wheels for travel to Greece (and elsewhere)
Juventus are the most popular football team in Italy. Also the most hated. They are, if you like, the Manchester United of Italian football. They are ...
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I admit that coronavirus has come into play here. This film is from a DVD, a story about the late 1960s shot in the mid-1980s. Withnail and I (the co...
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I remember a cartoon in an old issue of Private Eye, probably about 10 years ago. It depicted two scenarios: on the left was ‘Then’, on th...
Read MoreLow times for the high street
As you are probably aware, the Australian Open tennis tournament is presently taking place in Melbourne. The first of the season’s four Grand Slams ...
Read MoreComparing greatness
We are approaching a full year (the anniversary will be on March 23) since the first government lockdown was ordered on account of the coronavirus. ...
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