Instead of moving to the top of the Rugby Championship ladder, the Wallabies were brutalized 24-8 by the Springboks in a rancorous clash marred by an all-out brawl at the newly rebuilt Allianz Stadium in Sydney on Saturday night. .... Read more
Fifty years ago this month, playwright Tom Stoppard threw a summer party. His guests included the novelist Kingsley Amis, who had earned a reputation as an extreme, almost parodic, grump. Already irritated by actor Michael Caine’s lackluster conversation, Amis was... Read more