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John Sturgis

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Is this the end of house wine?

We have all become only too used to the surging cost of heating our homes, filling up our cars or doing the weekly shop. But there’s one price...

24.04.2026 10

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John Sturgis

Polestar / Ice and identity in Lublin, Poland's forgotten city

A Real Pain was one of my favorite films of recent years, a tragicomic exploration of family, history, place and identity featuring two Americans in...

02.03.2026 10

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John Sturgis

Ice and identity in Lublin, Poland's forgotten city

A Real Pain was one of my favourite films of recent years, a tragicomic exploration of family, history, place and identity featuring two...

02.03.2026 10

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John Sturgis

Rediscovering Dylan Thomas, pint by pint

11.02.2026 10

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John Sturgis

Am I the last man in Europe still wearing a beret?

17.10.2025 10

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Back to life / ‘Lazarus pubs’ are a cause for celebration

06.10.2025 20

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Second-hand books tell the most surprising stories

29.09.2025 10

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My Kafkaesque clash with TfL

28.07.2025 10

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Now it’s getting late: on Neil Young, ageing and fatherhood

19.07.2025 10

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The peculiar tale of the ‘internet babies’

23.05.2025 20

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Why Londoners still love Ally Pally

04.05.2025 20

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High & mighty / Why Londoners still love Ally Pally

04.05.2025 30

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Recollections of a 1980s indie kid

30.03.2025 20

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Should Sepp Blatter really be prosecuted?

22.03.2025 20

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Pretty Pollo / The restaurant where time (and prices) have stood still

10.03.2025 10

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Last orders / Farewell to my 300-year-old local pub

03.03.2025 20

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Space oddity / Tim Peake makes me cringe

24.02.2025 20

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John Sturgis