David Miliband returns to mainstream politics

I wrote a few notes on Warble Gloaming recently, and with the gloomfest that is COP26 looming I thought it might be time to revisit them.  Here’s the third, where I try to list the [more…]

In 1983, Neil Kinnock gave a speech in which he warned: If Margaret Thatcher wins on Thursday, I warn you not to be ordinary. I warn you not to be young. I warn you not [more…]

There is quite enough gloom ‘n’ doom in the news nowadays so I thought I’d look instead at an obscure aspect of my hobby – Lego – and my interest, nay obsession, with the different [more…]