I’M a snob. I’ve always suspected it, but got full confirmation last week. We had spent a lovely few days on the Greek island of Paxos in the shimmering Ionian Sea. It is a small island, the main port town, Gaios, is the size of a fishing village and there are only five taxi drivers on […]
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WHILE the rest of the country basked in sunshine, I went to Bridlington for the cloud last week. This corner of the East Yorkshire coast didn’t see the sun until mid-afternoon last Friday but there was plenty of brightness in Bridlington Spa where the annual The Business Day conference was taking place. This event was
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FAREWELL then Mike Carey. You may well not have heard of him but his recent passing brought many tributes including one from former Guardian journalist and Wisden editor Matthew Engel who described him as “one of the most talented, versatile and prominent cricket journalists of his generation”. Mike, who is pictured above on the right
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THE top Conservative politician has retired as the party’s group leader on Leeds City Council after 43 years in the role. There are dictators in banana republics who would be envious of that run. Councillor Andrew Carter has led the local Tories since 1980 and served as Leeds’ joint council leader between 2004 and 2010, when
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