John le Carré, who died last December at the age of 89, did not really exist. His name was a “cover” for a former British Intelligence officer called David Cornwell, who monitored the trap-door disappearance of agents in Cold War Germany and ran agents in the shadow of the BerlinContinue Reading

Smart doorbells: how to use them without being fined for infringing a neighbour's privacy

RossHelen/Shutterstock As any local solicitor can tell you, some of the most bitter legal disputes originate from disagreements between neighbours. Whether it’s property boundaries, loud music or parking spaces, what might initially be minor irritations can gradually lead to a full-blown court battle. A relatively recent development in neighbour conflictsContinue Reading

A lan Ruck, best known at the moment for playing the damaged and overlooked eldest sibling Connor Roy in the savagely sharp and universally hyped TV show Succession, is sitting opposite me, cheerily miming pumping breast milk. He’s talking about the pre-Succession era, when he took a career break toContinue Reading

DELE ALLI appears to be keen to find love again after his split with ex-girlfriend Ruby Mae early in 2021. And one of the objects of the Spurs midfielder’s desires appears to be Pep Guardiola’s daughter Maria. 3 Dele Alli has been spotted on dates with Maria Guardiola Is DeleContinue Reading

Luxembourg was installed favourite for both the 2000 Guineas and Epsom Derby next year after hammering bookmakers by winning the two-year-old ‘Futurity’ over the straight ‘soft’ Doncaster mile last Saturday but Native Trail remains by best two-year-old of 2021; form lines and my time-handicap computation provide convincing data even thoughContinue Reading