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Regular voices from Standpoint, including Westminster, Politics and Open Season.
British television today is rubbish.

Boxing Clever

British television today is rubbish. But boxed sets — especially those dramas from America — are like bottles of fine wine, waiting to be consumed at the perfect moment
September 24, 2013
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The Cornish Spiderman

The Cornish Spiderman

The softly spoken Cornishman Michael Adams weaves webs around his opponents and strikes when it is too late for his encircled
August 28, 2013
The Man in the Middle

The Man in the Middle

Lothar Schmid was a great referee and a remarkable man: a former lawyer and grandmaster himself, he had the respect of even the respect of even the most temperamental of players
June 25, 2013
Chess championships in England are often played in dreary municipal halls in grey provincial towns.

The King and I

Chess championships in England are often played in dreary municipal halls in grey provincial towns. So I jumped at the chance to compete in 5-star comfort in Thailand
May 28, 2013
Turkish Wrath

Turkish Wrath

‘Despite the Turkish origins of most of the victims, the Munich court failed to allocate a single press seat in the Zschäpe murder trial to a Turkish media outlet’
April 22, 2013
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