Meeting Tom Watson MP

It is not every day that you meet a political celebrity, and certainly not one from your hometown. Factor in the ability to rattle the cages of powerful institutions and numbers positively dwindle. However, in my case the exception to this particular rule is Tom Watson, MP for West Bromwich and deputy chairman of the […]

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Turner in Twickenham

Shrouded by yew trees steadily eating away at its foundations, an obscure little property peers out onto Sandycoombe Lane. With its grimacing windows and peeling paintwork, the faded St Margaret’s house hints at nothing beyond the routine currency of decay. But the faded impression is a trick of history’s light. For Sandycombe Lodge was a […]

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Fashion scrum

Injury for professional sportsmen can cause more than physical trauma. Robbed of the usual training routine and principal creative outlet while convalescing, athletes can suffer boredom and a sense of lost identity. Not Chris Brooker though. Teaming up with girlfriend Dominique Arthur, the Harlequins hooker has used his months in absentia to launch his own […]

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