A MAGNET for London’s arts and media elite, The Groucho Club is expanding. After almost 40 years on Dean Street in Soho, where has the club finally decided to open its second base? Wakefield. Yes Wakefield. Now I’ve got nothing against the city, it’s got a very good TK Maxx. But it doesn’t sound like […]
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READ all about it. Or not, as the case may be. Reports this week suggested that the government plans to ban foreign governments from owning British newspapers and magazines. The news emerged after a frenzied few months of debate about the merits of allowing an Abu Dhabi-led takeover of the Daily and Sunday Telegraph and
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DO you want a bet? I’m not into motor racing and I’m not much of a gambler, but I’ll put a big bet down on one thing. Yesterday Red Bull team boss Christian Horner said it is “time to draw a line under” the controversy over accusations about his behaviour towards a female employee. You
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HOW the hell did that happen? You get some of the most successful business people from not just Yorkshire but the UK together in a room – and the conversation turns to Morris dancing. Eh, I suppose that’s my fault. A member of the campaign board at Martin House children’s hospice alongside former Town Centre
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