WHEREVER you travel in the world there are reminders of home. Sometimes they are not easy to spot, but if you look hard enough, you’ll find them. It happened to me earlier this week. Our final destination on an island hopping holiday in the Cyclades was Naxos, the largest of this beautiful archipelago. On the […]
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GARETH Southgate’s resignation as manager of England was not unexpected news this week. After taking his team to the final of another tournament, they again missed out on a trophy. To update the words of the song, there has now been “58 years of hurt” for England fans. But it doesn’t really feel like that.
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THERE have been plenty of third party reflections on the 10th anniversary of the Grand Depart of the Tour de France in Yorkshire but the one thing missing from them all are words from the man himself. I went up to the Yorkshire Dales farmhouse which is home to Sir Gary Verity to speak to
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DON’T worry, I’m not going to mention the election. I made that mistake yesterday. When I visited the offices of a large law firm in Leeds I commented to the receptionist that I was surprised to see a polling station in the ground floor lobby of the building. She told me that she had voted
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