Rapscallion Magazine Opinion: the resignation of Boris Johnson marks the collapse of the influence of his Praetorian Guard of MPs and his fandom support – plus marks the beginning of the end of Brexit
By Harry Mottram: Back in 2016 I attended a number of trade shows in Europe and the UK for business…
Rapscallion Magazine Restaurant Review: poissons, pastis and forgetting to order the national dish that’s been a favourite for 2,600 years in Marseille
Restaurant Review: Brasserie du Vieux Port, Marseille I had meant to have bouillabaisse – the poor man’s soup – and…
Bath Voice Sports News: rugby premiership in chaos as London Irish set to exit top flight (but Bath eye possible players leaving the Brentford Club)
By Harry Mottram: The Rugby Football Union gave London Irish RFC until Tuesday 6 June, 2023, to pay outstanding wages and…
Bath Voice Garden Review: avoid Georgian levels of gin consumption when visiting Prior Park Gardens due to the steep paths – in this green and pleasant landscaped valley
Prior Park Gardens, Bath. I’ve been visiting Bath since the early 1960s but somehow have never got around to taking…
Rapscallion Magazine Restaurant Review: Afro beat and performers interrupt a lunch under the trees in Marseille’s Stalingrad Square
Restaurant Review: Les Danaïdes Restaurant, Marseille It was a question of passing out in the heat and collapsing onto the…
Postcard from Marseille: the not so edgy city with its tourists, the rain and my plastic mac – but no elephants
By Harry Mottram: Go to Marseilles they said, it’s edgy and dangerous – and there’s no tourists they said and…
Rapscallion Magazine Film Review: a pianist’s critical note to Stalin brings an end to the dictator as he lies dying in his own urine
Film Review: The Death of Stalin: Putin and his mafia cronies banned the 2017 movie because they are paranoid and…
ICSM Business News Headliners: London Irish Rugby Union Club on the brink as the exiles are given until 6 June to pay wages or face expulsion
By Harry Mottram: The Rugby Football Union has given London Irish until Tuesday 6 June, 2023, to pay outstanding wages and…
ICSM Business News: recession or no recession – concerns mount with the highest level of insolvencies since the Credit Crunch when a run on the Northern Rock Bank heralded an economic nightmare
By Harry Mottram: Earlier this year experts ruled out the chance of the UK falling into a recession this year predicting…
Rapscallion Magazine Feature: Cider, cigarettes and Letraset… confessions of a 70s art student
By Harry Mottram: One pint of cider for 30p and you began to slur your words. Three pints and it was…