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‘What is all this swimming business?’ a friend asks me, after reading my latest dirge on how ghastly the whole experience is. Well, I sho...

Far too little attention has been paid to businesspeak, a language second to none in subtlety and indirection, leaving it with enough level...

I may not be crazy about swimming, but persisting in going at awful o’clock in the morning does seem to be revealing a surprising streak o...

Spare a thought for Laia Martín, a promising young pianist from Catalonia, now facing charges that could land not just her but her parents ...

The date comes inexorably closer: in just over a week, on 22 November, we’ll be marking the half century since John F. Kennedy’s assassinati...

When majesty strikes life, and at the same time fantasy invades reality, surely we have all the ingredients for a magical evening? I wrote...

Debts, it’s frequently asserted, are there to be paid. The French say that ‘good accounts make good friends.’ Polonius, in Hamlet , warns ...