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What I’d like to do right now is go to Arundel and buy a lemon yum yum from the LG Café in the town centre, which snobbish locals are trying to close. I’d like to drink to the health and wealth of the café owners with one of their cups of piping hot chocolate and … Read more
The chief executive of the Association of Colleges has admitted there is a ‘snobbery’ around BTec qualifications, and apologised to students who are still missing their exam results. David Hughes, from Loughborough, appeared on This Morning today, where he lamented the ‘terrible situation’ some students have been left in, and confessed that a there is ‘definite … Read more
Trolls World Tour (Rakuten TV, U) Verdict: Inventive and fun Rating: The Iron Mask (various streaming platforms, 12A) Verdict: A spectacular mess Rating: There’s no snobbery quite like music snobbery. Dare to profess an admiration for the work of Phil Collins or Bono, let alone Justin Bieber, and in some circles you will be treated … Read more
Basil Brown, pictured – who unearthed a Saxon longboat and a hoard of treasure on land at Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, but never enjoyed the wealth or fame he truly deserved – will finally have his story told in a major new Netflix film, The Dig Basil Brown did not look a lot like an archaeologist … Read more
A Little History Of Poetry John Carey Yale University £14.99 Rating: Roughly 250 years ago, James Boswell asked Dr Johnson: ‘What is poetry?’ ‘Why sir, it is much easier to say what it is not,’ replied Johnson. ‘We all know what light is; but it is not easy to tell what it is.’ John Carey … Read more