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How I love England — despite the hellhole that is Gatwick airport

28 August 2021 9:00 am

At Gatwick airport, after an hour and 15 minutes in a snaking queue system apparently purposely designed to infect as…

I’ve developed a fascination for anti-terrorist security officers

14 April 2018 9:00 am

A pair of anti-terrorism officers watched us check through into the boarding lounge. They stood behind the easyJet woman and…

The poetic power of Patrick Hamilton's pubs

12 March 2016 9:00 am

Nice airport was more or less deserted. Two-and-a-half hours early for the easyJet flight to Gatwick, I had a leisurely…

Farewell, white ovoid exhaustion-inducing tablets; hello, West Ham’s religious revival

3 October 2015 8:00 am

Every morning for the past two years, on waking, I’ve reached out for the white plastic tub on the bedside…