At the beginning of last month, I spent some 36 hours in Portugal near a village called Comporta, about 75 miles south of Lisbon. It is a coming holid...
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My last fun blog involved a visit to Kew Gardens; so does this one. But this is very different, not least because the emphasis is on the outdoors rath...
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There is a famous old song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David called Trains and Boats and Planes. It was perhaps most popularised by the American...
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Founded in the 1940s, Le Caprice was acquired and relaunched in 1981 by two restaurateurs, Jeremy King and Chris Corbin. It became established as one ...
Read MoreLe Caprice est renaitre
So who is going to win the Premier League this season? Surely: Manchester City! They always do. Well, not always, but they have done so for the past t...
Read MoreThe title chase
It is quite a distance to India from the UK, something like halfway around the world, but there is more than a hint of India to be found via something...
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Forty years ago I attended the Masters for the first time. OK, enough about me (for now). The story of the 1984 Masters was mostly about Ben Crenshaw....
Read MoreThe day Crenshaw finally cracked it
The photo on the home page shows an aeroplane’s vapour trail on a glorious summer’s evening. My most recent flight out of the UK was in fa...
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In common with many men, I suspect, I routinely used to tear the pockets of my coats and/or jackets by trying to fit into them items that really shoul...
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