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A TRIBUTE TO MUHAMMAD ALI (AND MICKY BRENNAN)
For more than a decade I was a boxing writer, covering nearly all of Mike Tyson’s fights for the Daily Telegraph, along with the title fights of Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard,…
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DOGS’ LIVES
Quite a contrast between the lives of these two dogs sleeping in doorways and scavenging for food in Cartagena and these California dogs who have toys to play with, sleep on living…
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COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT REVEALS PLANS FOR A NEW CITY
While in Cartagena I landed an interview with Colombia’s President, Juan Manuel Santos, who attended the London School of Economics, speaks fluent English and is familiar with the Daily Telegraph, the newspaper…
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WELL, I SUPPOSE THERE ARE A LOT WORSE PLACES
Many times when stuck in a traffic jam of cars heading for the beach parking lots or circling the downtown area vainly in search of a vacant meter because all the public…
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BOTERO—–THE BIG PICTURE
Beauty, they say, is in the eye of the beholder but even so, to me one of the great art world mysteries is many people’s fascination for the works of Ferdinand Botero,…
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OOPS! HUCKABEE DOES IT AGAIN!
It seems as if potential Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has put his foot in his mouth yet again.
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A DANGEROUS PROFESSION
During my (admittedly long ago) days as a foreign correspondent my colleagues and I kept as low a profile as possible, preferring not to disclose our profession to possible hostile forces.
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Stars lament demise of Film Council
John Hiscock, Toronto 20 September 2010 British films and filmmakers have grabbed the spotlight at this year's Toronto International Film Festival, sending a strong message to the Government about the questionable wisdom…
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International row erupts as Creation opens Toronto
John Hiscock reports from Toronto 12 September 2009 Actress Jennifer Connolly and actor Paul Bettany attend the 'Creation'…
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British films dominate Toronto Film Festival
John Hiscock reports from Toronto 26 September 2008 British films and filmmakers dominated this year's Toronto film festival, with Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire captivating the critics and winning the highly-prized People's Choice…