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Alec Marsh

Alec Marsh

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Small minded / Bring back the big family

Small minded /					 													 						Bring back the big family
15.09.2025 10

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Alec Marsh

How to survive Florence with your family

How to survive Florence with your family
12.09.2025 5

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Alec Marsh

Novel approach / Why A Dance to the Music of Time has stood the test of time

Novel approach /					 													 						Why A Dance to the Music of Time has stood the test of time
08.09.2025 10

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Hot mess / The Mediterranean summer holiday is broken

Hot mess /					 													 						The Mediterranean summer holiday is broken
01.09.2025 20

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The curious allure of ‘cosy crime’

22.08.2025 9

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Prep talk / My shopping list for the apocalypse

06.08.2025 6

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Theatre / The Daughter of Time was worth the wait

05.08.2025 8

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Forget Oasis – we should celebrate Pulp’s legacy

25.07.2025 3

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Break point / Let’s slash the school summer holiday

21.07.2025 5

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The brilliant, brave sister I never knew I had

14.07.2025 10

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Is it time to put Margaret Thatcher on our banknotes?

03.07.2025 5

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The blossoming career of Cedric Morris

15.06.2025 4

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Bad terms / Are you tough enough for the school run?

02.06.2025 10

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The overlooked brilliance of BBC’s The Hour

17.05.2025 30

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Bog standard / The sorry state of our public conveniences

12.05.2025 10

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Flying shame / Save the Red Arrows!

07.04.2025 10

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Knit pick / It’s time to buy a British jumper

24.03.2025 10

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John Hemingway and the lost world of Angels One Five

21.03.2025 8

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We need a modern Wogan

14.03.2025 10

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Are schools taking in too many international pupils?

13.03.2025 10

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How ‘toxic’ poisoned our national conversation

07.03.2025 10

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On a roll / The real benefit of wind power? Lobster for all!

24.02.2025 10

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Good sport / Thank goodness for the Six Nations

22.02.2025 5

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Thank goodness for the Six Nations

22.02.2025 10

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Moderate approach / There’s nothing toxic about centrist dads

10.02.2025 10

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Lost world / The enduring charm of King Solomon’s Mines

27.01.2025 10

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Forget Dry January: give up social media instead

Any moment now it will begin – and then it won’t stop for a month. Because as we enter the new year, the twin horsemen of the joyless apocalypse...

30.12.2024 3

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Alec Marsh

Drizzly Firenze / York is Britain’s Florence

Have you been to York? Have you sauntered along its narrow, meandering medieval streets, with their peculiar names – such as Swinegate, Lendal,...

11.11.2024 3

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