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An accidental tourist
I’m leaving because the weather is too good. I hate London when it’s not raining -Groucho Marx This morning, after a most enjoyable Full English (exquisite black pudding, sorry veggies), I left the...
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Moonraker: Ian Fleming
I am writing about James Bond and I can almost hear your groans from here. What is there that can possibly be left to be written about Britain’s favourite secret agent that hasn’t already been said a...
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From Russia With Love: Ian Fleming
If you have just joined us, the mortal bath and ten minutes hate are respectively re-reading and discovering Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels in chronological order (sort of). Famous opening lines of...
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Slave to her Rhythm
It is a simple equation, sass plus attitude = SASSITUDE. There has been a roll call of ladies with an attitude through the years who have inspired and impressed – Mae West, Bette Davis, Anna Magnani,...
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The Summing Up: W. Somerset Maugham
We love to read writers when they write about writing. Whether it is George Orwell’s Why I Write, Stephen King On Writing, or Scarlett Thomas’s Monkeys with Typewriters, there is an enduring need to...
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