America
Order Order
I really don’t know the definitive date when the Rubicon was crossed. Like many of these things, rather than an instantaneous change, we have been subject to a corrosive deterioration of good sense, moral values [more…]
Articles by Rookwood
Cooking
A rather respectable lasagne
Want to cause an argument? Especially with an Italian? Bring up the subject of Italian food, the ingredients, the cooking methodology and it is like releasing a instant verbal and emotional whirlwind. No Italian dish [more…]
America
Where have all the CEOs gone?
“Boardroom” by TChapman9 is licensed under CC BY 2.0 According to NBC News, if you choose to place any faith whatsoever in the corrupt and corporatised media, over 1300 CEOs left their post just before the outbreak of the [more…]
Authoritarianism
Oh well, there dies another article on the altar of censorship
We are all very familiar with the axiom of Murphy’s or Sod’s law, if something can go wrong, it will. I was 750 words into my latest article on the horrific political assassination of Sir [more…]
Health
Social care is finished
Rapidly heading towards the sunset of my life, I write this article with much sadness in my heart. Not because of the natural onward march of time, nor any real angst at the fact that [more…]
Islam
Without compassion for even our fiercest enemies, we are but like them
I’m probably going to get myself into a lot of trouble here with the “Hang ’em and flog ’em” brigade, but being controversial and willing to think things through for myself has never hindered me [more…]
Cooking
A truly cracking Biryani
We are fortunate at chez Rookwood to offer our guests a wide variety of cuisine, everything from Scottish and English to Italian, French, German, Chinese and Indian. The latter is a bit of a misnomer [more…]
Authoritarianism
The great infantilisation
It has puzzled me for considerable time now some of the truly childish “Warnings” that one finds on the side of food packets and generally throughout society these days. Nuts with the statement “Contains nuts”. [more…]
Health