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Movie magic I watched A Day to Remember after reading John Bird’s column [Issue 1697, 15-26 December]. Please say thank you to him. The movie had a depth and poignancy that I would have missed if he h

The unconventional instrumentation favoured by Tortoise is an indicator of how many different lineups have always jostled for space under the jazz umbrella. The national treasure that is The Pete Alle

Andrew Van Sickle: Peter, your fund is among relatively few investing solely in a collection of investment trusts (ITs). How did you come to set it up? Peter Walls: My background is entirely in the wo

Daniel Pembrey picks out his top travel books of 2025

For many years, Hugo Young’s This Blessed Plot (1998) was seen as the authoritative account of Britain’s semi-detached relationship with the European Union, as it had then recently become. This was a