OSCAR WILDE
October 2014
'Glyndebourne - which can feel like travelling a very long way just for a picnic - is often filled for the second act by people taking themost expensive nap it is possible to take'
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A trip through Ireland in the sixties showed a country full of contradictions - which still blight the landscape today
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April 2014
I discovered Max Beerbohm as an undergraduate. Rereading his work today has been just as enjoyable
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April 2013
Linda Stratmann's attempt to exculpate the Marquess of Queensberry of his myriad sins is a misguided stab at rescuing a the reputation of a truly wretched man
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