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I was leaving my local country club one afternoon a few months ago, when I noticed a large pile of discarded library books on sale to members. Amongst the Danielle Steele novels, I spotted one entitled The Great Mutiny, which piqued my interest because I was certain some ancestor of mine was involved....

…they do things differently there. ‘There’ is China, where I and the Conan Doyle Estate's agent, Tim Hubbard, were on business for a week last month. Hong Kong (1 day), Guanzhou (1), Shanghai (2), Chengdu (1)...

Last month I wrote to Only Connect’s editor, Richard Pooley, asking: ‘Where was the leadership and strategy plan that the EU’s Brussels...

Sensational headlines about the rising toxic tide of Americanisms inundating our defenceless language produce predictable, periodic...

Japan, South Korea and North Korea share a troubled history. Japan’s colonial era and subsequent treatment of its occupied countries left...