The E.M. Forster novel, A Room With A View, was written over a century ago. The film version provided an at-times beautiful portrait of Florence, the ...
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Yesterday saw Scotland play England at Hampden Park, Glasgow, in a World Cup qualifying match. England were in a strong position in the table and they...
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It was less than three months ago, when we had more than once been strongly informed that things were very stable and there was no chance of there bei...
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Apologies for the brevity of this blog. I had anticipated making an overseas trip or two since I last posted one on flying but those plans are…w...
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On the home page of this blog is the back side of a perfectly normal pair of jeans. Jeans are an item of clothing that dates from the Gold Rush in C...
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In reviewing The Sense of an Ending, one critic – OK, it was Camilla Long in the Sunday Times – wrote: “It’s a story about loo...
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Last week saw the appearance of the debut issue (styled May 2017) of The Amorist, the brainchild of Rowan Pelling, previously founder of the Erotic R...
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This is a story about a serial comma. No – please stay with it; I promise it won’t put you into a coma. This particular piece of punctuati...
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