Admiral Cod

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Wind from the Carolinas is a novel by Robert Wilder based on the true history of a family throughout the 1800s. It is the story of the Came...

In London I lived across the street and frequently spotted him peddling a bicycle through Onslow Gardens and along the Brompton Road. He wor...

"A London dining-club is a curious organism, for it combines great tenacity of life with a chameleon-like tendency to change its colour...

The shock of stock market volatility in recent weeks has led to brief periods of detachment and absent-mindedness, much more so than usual. ...

"If only it could be like this always--always alone, always summer, the fruit always ripe, and Aloysius always in a good temper."

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His Suits Those people who have a suit for every day of the week and even, one is reluctantly led to believe, more expansive wardrobes, ar...

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Long before he became a celebrated traveller, novelist and controversialist, Bruce Chatwin was a 'Sotherboy' – a precocious young ar...

A field guide to L.A. preppies The ’80s fashion statement is back. And in some parts of Southern California, it never went aw...

"There is no reason for amazement: surely one always knew that cultures decay, and life's end is death." - Excerpt from T...