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THE LOCAL CINEMA (2) Readers of this blog will know that I am a fan of our local cinema , which I visit regularly with my daughter. At l...

TAX REFORM IN THE U.K. Last week's Budget in the U.K. was a bit of a damp squib. Normally one of the set-piece events of Parliament, s...

THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH Some 30 years ago, I watched a film in a London cinema called Eye of the Needle, starring the ever watchable Dona...

BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG It is hard to overestimate the scale of the defeat for Chancellor Angela Merkel in this weekend's regional election ...

COMPUTER KEYBOARDS I cleaned my computer keyboard this morning. Yep, that's right. Let's be honest, how often do we do that? For...

POLISH BEER My wife has just been on an exchange trip to Poland with her school, and very kindly brought me back some Polish beer, some of...

GOODS AND SERVICES One of the problems of living in a rich country in an increasingly globalised world is that although many goods are get...