France beat Croatia 4-2 in this year’s World Cup Final in Moscow, the second time they had won football’s grandest prize in the past 20 ye...
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In the heart of one of the poshest areas of London, St James’s Street in SW1, about a five-minute walk from Buckingham Palace (and you can’...
Read MoreFOOD: As well as football the French know a thing or two about food
This is a little story about The Holme, an opulent premises in a sensational location on the Inner Circle of Regent’s Park, London NW1. This ho...
Read MoreFUN: The Holme is far from being a home from home
The French Riviera is one of the most famous and alluring holiday destinations on the planet. But that is only half of it. Maybe not even half. From ...
Read MoreFOREIGN: In summer the Côte d’Azur is the Kingdom of Gold
England got their Russian World Cup campaign underway with victory against Tunisia in the Volgograd Arena yesterday. Just like old times. A couple of...
Read MoreFOOTBALL: Twenty years on and it’s Tunisia again
After all the fuss last month about Meghan’s wedding dress, how about these for long trains? Now I’m off for a short holiday…...
Read MoreFASHION: Wedding belles
As the photo on the home page makes very evident, there is a distinct theme that represents what Heddon Street (in London W1, just off Regent Street) ...
Read MoreFANTASY: Heddonism
Kew Gardens is a gorgeous place to visit, as I referred to when writing about the restoration of the huge Temperate House there in a recent blog. Ther...
Read MoreFLYING: Kewing for take-off and landing
Sir David Attenborough has described the Temperate House at Kew Gardens as “a breathtakingly beautiful space”. Who am I to argue with that...
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