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"Dark and brooding" , is how somebody once described the Cornish coast (was it Guy de Maupassant? - he took a generally miserabl...

As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glo...

Due to a broken down train, this morning all services on the Cambridge to London line were either delayed or cancelled. The train broke ...

Yesterday, George and I did a bit of a whirlwind tour of the East End. Sunday morning is exactly the time to do that - Petticoat Lane, B...

I am very lucky, I guess. My work has always meant that from a very young age - I joined the military at the tender age of 16 - I have tra...

I don't have precise details, but I learn that the great Bobby Vee has passed away this afternoon. 73 years old, and suffering from ...

Chuck Berry is to release his first new album in more than 35 years. That is quite an achievement for a man who celebrates his 90th birth...

Now if I had a narrow boat, I think this is what I might have called it. Well, I don't, and anyway, somebody else got there first. I...

I've seen some pretty good gigs in my time. But possibly one of the tightest and most inspirational sets I have ever seen came in a sm...

As a devotee of Sherlock Holmes and his many rivals - Conan Doyle was not the only writer of detective short stories in late Victorian Eng...

I know that I have been quite critical of Belgian public transport in the past, but there is nothing that quite matches the experience of ...

"And if you would let them hold you, oh how grateful I would be..." I can actually remember the day, during the Summer holiday...