Gloriously, it is anything but. It’s an open-armed place, one that welcomes anyone and everyone, so long as they’ll buy a drink. Lemonade is permitted; tomato juice raises a wry…
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‘Bitter Christmas’: even the feelings are by design. There you | Cinema: premieres and reviews
by News Roomby News RoomI don’t know who invents certain terms, or what interests they serve, but they make every god (I exaggerate; some of us are allergic to them) continually use them to…
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London leaver: ‘We swapped Brentford for Bangkok, halved our rent to £800 and work a three-day week’
by News Roomby News RoomWhen not at work they have been getting to know Bangkok’s bars and restaurants, spotting water monitors – huge lizards which, fully grown, are around 7ft long – during runs…
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Three stories for his daughters before Franco’s vile garrote | Culture
by News Roomby News RoomBefore the painter Lorenzo Aguirre was taken from his cell to be executed with a garrote one morning in October 1942; before the artist tried to calm his executioner by…
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Faced with the regret of not feeling loved, the poet Cesare Pavese had written in his diary: “All this is disgusting. Enough words. A gesture. I will not write more.”…
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The newest polpette-slinger on the block, CeCe’s, is the latest restaurant from the Public House Group (Fat Badger, The Hero and so on). Meatballs are a standalone dish here and…
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‘RI TE’: desacralize the untouchable with power and a few laughs | Culture
by News Roomby News RoomTowards the end of the show, about 15 minutes before it ended, a spectator in the front row left the room. To do so, he had to walk along the…
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Escape to an uninhabited island: Sweden is searching for custodians for five islands
by News Roomby News RoomAccording to a spokesperson from the tourist board, the islands were chosen because of their varied scenery — Tjuvholmen is wooded, for example, while Skötbådan is a tiny, low-lying rock—…
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Lifetime and retirement interest only mortgages could play a greater role in future, the Financial Conduct Authority said.
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Tickets for Shakira in Madrid: prices, pre-sale, where to buy and how to get to ‘Women No Longer Cry World Tour’ | Culture
by News Roomby News RoomShakira will land in Europe after the summer of 2026 with an unprecedented commitment that will turn Madrid into her great continental headquarters. La loba has confirmed three initial dates,…