British Foreign Secretaries have often claimed, not convincingly, that in international affairs the United Kingdom punches above its weight. When it comes to international football, one may more convincingly say that England has consistently punched below its weight. It should, one thinks, have done better. In reality, it has done feebly.
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My first visit to Longborough Festival Opera proved a delight.
An apparent deadpan simplicity masks intriguing ambiguity in this captivating photorealist work.
One film is brooding and introverted, the other full of revenge, Western-style. Both are well worth a watch.
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