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Grand National day, Britain's annual splurge on the horses, passed me by as usual. I've only been in one betting shop in my life and that was in Oxford, and the reason for the visit was not to put pounds 5 on No.6 in the 3.15 at Kempton.
Believe it or not, it was to see the painted Jacobean chamber that my Blue Guide indicated was in the room above the shop. Ask at the counter, it said.See the full content of this document
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Perspective: How Our Horses Catch Up with the Romans
The look from the woman behind the glass screen, when I finally emerged through the smoke at the front of the queue, was one of incredulity. The equiv...
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