On Wednesday afternoon, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, unveiled his 2017 budget – in fact, the first of two he’ll announ...
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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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On a recent holiday to the Dominican Republic, my wife and I stayed at the Zoetry Agua resort (see photo on the home page) just north of Punta Cana o...
Read MoreFOREIGN: Zoetry but very little motion
The author of The Book of Mirrors , E. O. Chirovici, has had a distinctly cosmopolitan upbringing, one reflected in his subsequent career. His family...
Read MoreFICTION: Reflections on a cleverly constructed whodunit/whydunit
Last month I posted a film blog about La La Land, the old-style musical which collected five Baftas in the awards ceremony at the Albert Hall on Sund...
Read MoreFASHION: Looking and feeling mellow in yellow
OK, admittedly this isn’t about any flight I have taken – I’m damned sure a Sopwith Camel would be way beyond me: I’m not a pi...
Read MoreFLYING: An extraordinary vision of war
January was quite a month for Donald Trump. He became President of the United States. Fantasy became a reality, as in a former reality TV host achieve...
Read MoreFANTASY: Trumpton – figures but perhaps not facts from the White House
There are three stars in La La Land. Ryan Gosling plays Seb, an aspiring jazz pianist making ends meet by playing Christmas jingles; Emma Stone is Mi...
Read MoreFILM: Going absolutely gaga about LA
The most marvellous restaurant in London right now might well be The Barbary in Covent Garden; to be precise, in Neal’s Yard, perhaps the most s...
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