Last September 30, the London bakery scene got a new inhabitant. Dominique Ansel, a French-American chef who established his reputation at his eponymo...
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This summer is likely to see a great deal of media attention devoted to the small Atlantic island of Bermuda. It will be staging the 35th America’s ...
Read MoreFOREIGN: Beautiful Bermuda – not only for the boating
I mentioned in a previous ‘flying’ blog about the time I left my seat to go and get a good view of the Matterhorn, the most spectacular pe...
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You have probably heard it said that fashion is a load of rubbish and you may well agree with the sentiment. Certainly, for the purposes of this blog,...
Read MoreFASHION: Trash talking but not just any old waste of space
You will probably have seen the news and the sensational headlines a couple of weeks ago. Voters in Britain had been asked to go back to the polls in ...
Read MoreGOLF: The referendum re-run provides a different verdict
The Ivy restaurant in London (West Street, WC2) is one of the most notable landmarks of the capital’s cuisine. It’s not that the food is a...
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The FA Cup quarter-finals played over the past few days were mildly ground-breaking in their own way. For the first time, there would be no replays if...
Read MoreFOOTBALL: All change in the name of the game
On Wednesday afternoon, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, unveiled his 2017 budget – in fact, the first of two he’ll announ...
Read MoreFINANCE: Hammond gets it from Murdoch organ and from May
One of the most esteemed novels of the past 30 years is probably Tom Wolfe’s The Bonfire of the Vanities. It was published in 1988 and was rapt...
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