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After pausing for a restorative brandy at the Turks Head in Marylebone High Street, I found myself ascending the stairs at Baker Street somewhat later than I had anticipated – the page boy had long since departed for bed. On opening the door, the sight that awaited me left me reeling in shock – the [...]

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Speedy Boarding only – the announcement, barely audible through the crackle and hiss of the public address system prompts a crush around the boarding gate, headed up by a phalanx of german tourists (boarding category ‘B’) forming a flying wedge in order to get to the front. It is 6am. The stewardess, wearily explains that [...]

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As assignments go. this one was about as welcome as a warm beer, god only knows why the editor decided to send me to write about Disney’s Magic Kingdom – a petty act of revenge perhaps for the mysterious disappearance of the magnum of Bollinger from his office – he should know I can’t abide [...]

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