Specifically, and not for the first time as a family, we were entranced in Provence. I think the region is glorious, which I know is not a singular op...
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Tomorrow it will all be over. The calendar will signal the end of August and the turning into September will mean that the party has ended for another...
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I went to the bank recently to order some euros for a holiday on the continent. I said I’d like 300. The woman behind the counter asked if I mea...
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The first film blog I posted was about Kill Your Friends, the cinematic release based on the black-comedy John Niven novel of the same title, publishe...
Read MoreFICTION: In fact a few good deeds in this work of fiction…but they come at a price
OK, so this isn’t about fashion as in clothing – athletics vests will probably be next year’s thing – but people can be fashi...
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The current issue of Sports Illustrated magazine in America has a huge feature on Donald Trump. (To be fair, you seldom get small features on Donald T...
Read MoreGOLF: Trumpelstiltskin – some fairly grim golfing fairy tales
Welcome to Dunkirk. Just look at it on the screen. Glorious blue skies. Magnificent white beaches. A lot of men hanging around waiting for boats to ar...
Read MoreFILM: Fighting spirit brings victory to Nolan’s vision of Dunkirk
Dock Kitchen is a terrific restaurant by Portobello Docks, just off the Grand Union Canal, in London w10, at the top end of Ladbroke Grove; in fact ab...
Read MoreFOOD: Eating on the dock of the day
Only one man had won three major championships before his 24th birthday. And, no, it wasn’t Tiger Woods. It was Jack Nicklaus. Now Jordan Spieth...
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