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One of the pleasures the HBO series The Undoing has given me is reading the negative reviews it has received.  Hugh Grant and Nicole Kidman...

In 1745, Bonnie Prince Charlie, as he came to be known, landed in Scotland, with the aim of seizing the throne that had once been held by hi...

 It never rains but it pours.  You want to see that old chestnut verified? Come to the charming Spanish province of Valencia. Where we live....

“Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?”  The words weren’t addressed to Donald Trump, though t...

Hitler’s responsibility for the Holocaust, and indeed for the Second World War in Europe, tends to overshadow everything else he did. Howeve...

Although I’ never seem to have any trouble writing the odd post about my maternal grandparents – especially about Yetta , my grandmother – I...

After a pleasant interlude to talk about more entertaining subjects, like some great TV series , it’s time to return to uglier business. Suc...