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BRIAN WILSON/ R.I.P.

by Michael Stuart in Arts

Even though he was diagnosed with dementia a couple of years ago, I was still shocked and sorrowed to learn in the media this week of the death of Brian Wilson, the Beach [...]

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Restaurant Reviews

  • A la Colthard / Il Vicolo

    March 14, 2025 // 0 Comments

    On the train to London yesterday I read an article in The Times about ‘In’ restaurants that blacklist you. As I have une horreur of fashionable restaurants, I had [...]

Arts

  • BRIAN WILSON/ R.I.P.

    June 13, 2025 // 0 Comments

    Even though he was diagnosed with dementia a couple of years ago, I was still shocked and sorrowed to learn in the media this week of the death of Brian Wilson, the Beach [...]

Sport

  • The US Open at Oakmont

    June 13, 2025 // 0 Comments

    They say that the US Open is the one of the four Majors that the pros want to win. A few well-known golfers have never done so (Sam Snead, Phil Mickelson, Seve Ballesteros [...]

Britain

World Affairs

  • BRIAN WILSON/ R.I.P.

    June 13, 2025 // 0 Comments

    Even though he was diagnosed with dementia a couple of years ago, I was still shocked and sorrowed to learn in the media this week of the death of Brian Wilson, the Beach [...]

Men

  • BRIAN WILSON/ R.I.P.

    June 13, 2025 // 0 Comments

    Even though he was diagnosed with dementia a couple of years ago, I was still shocked and sorrowed to learn in the media this week of the death of Brian Wilson, the Beach [...]

Film

  • The Great Escape

    April 23, 2025 // 0 Comments

    A Bank Holiday would not be one without showing The Great Escape (1963) and – sure enough – Film 4 showed it on a cold Easter Monday. The previous day I had [...]

Women

  • Dora Carrington/Pallant Gallery

    April 26, 2025 // 0 Comments

    Was Dora Carrington an entitled, hedonistic member of the Bloomsbury set or a talented artist not properly recognised as she was a woman? I went along to see her exhibition [...]

Restaurant reviews

  • A la Colthard / Il Vicolo

    March 14, 2025 // 0 Comments

    On the train to London yesterday I read an article in The Times about ‘In’ restaurants that blacklist you. As I have une horreur of fashionable restaurants, I had [...]