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5 January 2017 3:00 pm

On New Year’s Day I went for a swim off Broad Haven beach in Pembrokeshire. The water was 10.3ºC: pretty…

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29 December 2016 3:00 pm

Every year, from mid-November to mid-January, dozens of DVDs drop through my letterbox. These are most of the movie releases…

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29 December 2016 3:00 pm

Every year, from mid-November to mid-January, dozens of DVDs drop through my letterbox. These are most of the movie releases…

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10 December 2016 9:00 am

Novelists can’t merely tell cracking tales. We’re supposed to save the world. At the University of Kent, a student implored…

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8 December 2016 3:00 pm

Novelists can’t merely tell cracking tales. We’re supposed to save the world. At the University of Kent, a student implored…

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3 December 2016 9:00 am

It is odd when someone you know becomes a world-famous Nazi. You may not recognise the name Richard Spencer, but…

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1 December 2016 3:00 pm

It is odd when someone you know becomes a world-famous Nazi. You may not recognise the name Richard Spencer, but…

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26 November 2016 9:00 am

 Washington DC Washington has been, for the past two weeks, indescribably depressed. When I walked into the deli down the…

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24 November 2016 3:00 pm

 Washington DC Washington has been, for the past two weeks, indescribably depressed. When I walked into the deli down the…

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19 November 2016 9:00 am

Nobody knows anything. William Goldman’s famous first law of the movie business — that no one can say before the…

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17 November 2016 3:00 pm

Nobody knows anything. William Goldman’s famous first law of the movie business — that no one can say before the…

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12 November 2016 9:00 am

Seeing Trump win reminds me of a season of Dynasty in which my character, Alexis, ran for governor of Colorado…

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10 November 2016 3:00 pm

Seeing Trump win reminds me of a season of Dynasty in which my character, Alexis, ran for governor of Colorado…

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5 November 2016 9:00 am

Polite, well-heeled New Hampshire is the last place you’d expect to see a voodoo doll. But there it was, pointed…

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3 November 2016 3:00 pm

Polite, well-heeled New Hampshire is the last place you’d expect to see a voodoo doll. But there it was, pointed…

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27 October 2016 2:00 pm

I have never met Donald Trump, but I knew his parents. A fact that makes me feel about 100 years…

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27 October 2016 2:00 pm

I have never met Donald Trump, but I knew his parents. A fact that makes me feel about 100 years…

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22 October 2016 9:00 am

The week began badly when I spotted three grey squirrels gathering beechnuts in our arboretum. During our time at our…

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20 October 2016 2:00 pm

The week began badly when I spotted three grey squirrels gathering beechnuts in our arboretum. During our time at our…

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15 October 2016 9:00 am

To Edinburgh to get married, but first my toyboy groom John Playfair (he’s a mere 69) shows me the city…

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13 October 2016 2:00 pm

To Edinburgh to get married, but first my toyboy groom John Playfair (he’s a mere 69) shows me the city…

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8 October 2016 9:00 am

Any day now, the government will make its long delayed announcement on whether a third runway should be built at…

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6 October 2016 2:00 pm

Any day now, the government will make its long delayed announcement on whether a third runway should be built at…

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1 October 2016 9:00 am

Monday night’s US presidential debate should convince a majority of American voters that Hillary Clinton is their only credible choice…

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29 September 2016 1:00 pm

Monday night’s US presidential debate should convince a majority of American voters that Hillary Clinton is their only credible choice…