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Variants, Wives and Mistresses
As the UK prepares to discard the last vestiges of lockdown, there is plenty of fear mongering going on. One pervasive rumour is that one can catch the Delta (Indian) variant of the Covid 19 virus by...
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Gangster Granny and the Bootleggers
They looked like they were from the set of the Godfather. The restaurant was full of them – swarthy thick-set men who looked ready to take on all comers. It was 2pm and the detritus of empty bottles...
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Drink your way through Christmas!
If you are looking for a reason to drink, the pandemic is an excellent one. As we desperately tried to eke out one last restaurant meal on Plague Island, even my usually abstemious American friends...
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A red rooster, a hooker and a cigar
The vintage Alfa Romeo had been sitting in my garage in Cape Town, collecting dust for two years. I called the mechanics at Crossley and Webb who agreed to get the car ready for the road in time for...
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Sri Lanka – in the news for the wrong reason
I’ve just returned from an unsettling trip to Sri Lanka. The country has run of of fuel, electricity and dollars. Some places suffer power cuts of upto 13 hours a day. The Rupee has been devalued by...
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The Spy Who Loved Me
He arrived in Sardinia by boat, having survived several assassination attempts. The agency found him a white Lotus Espirit to drive around in. I arrived in Sardinia on British Airways flight 608,...
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Burnt Rubber and Lost Shoes
He was late braking into the corner. Very late. Within seconds he made contact with the vehicle in front, the impact sending him airborne. The driver in front instinctively ducked as the go kart...
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Farah Fawcett and the Tesla Cybertruck
I like cars but find it difficult to get excited about electric vehicles. They are allegedly good for the planet, fast, roomy, practical, the future etc. The problem is that they are just bloody...
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Crazy Rich Asians in London
I would have been around 11 years old when I first flipped through my father’s day-old copy of the Financial Times (airmailed from London). I was probably attracted by the colour printing – the...
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Algorithms and traditions – a Christmas story
I met a Thai woman called Sugarplum on the rooftop bar of the Kingsbury Hotel in Colombo. It was a completely random occurrence. We drank arrack cocktails, decided we liked each other enough to...
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