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Thursday - I went for a walk from the village of Copmanthorpe back into York, about 7 miles. This was the first time I realised that winter ...

Another great weekend has passed (putting the cricket to one side). Saturday afternoon, we went to the Theatre Royal in York for a very fi...

Australia have won the first test match. Very begrudgingly, I have to say they won it with some style and panache. I'm going into the d...

I got up at 6 o'clock to watch a bit of cricket from Brisbane, with some apprehension. the Australian cricket team posted a score of ...

THE HORROR THE HORROR Up at 5 - 30 this morning, turned on the tv for day 2 of the Test only to find:- Australia all out for 295 (good...

While trawling Facebook this morning, I came across this fantastic stdio portrait photo of Jean Gabin as a Spahi NCO from the film ...

What a week. Saturday night was opera night - a live broadcast from New York Met Opera of Puccini's opera "Tosca", screened...