“In the fifth of his articles John Alldridge writes of the holy city of Kairouan. It was here that the First Army and the Eighth Army, all the way from El Alamein, finally linked up.” [more…]
It’s the late 1970s, and just hitting the big screen is a space opera in which a lightsabre-wielding smuggler embarks on a royal rescue mission, a talking droid sidekick provides comic relief, and a classically [more…]
With all the fevered speculation in Westminster and Edinburgh you might expect the opinion polls to be a bit more volatile but they are not showing much change. The speculation hinges around the hindu dwarf [more…]
Monday Good morning readers and welcome to another week of my ramblings. And it is another horrible wet morning, quite a change from what was a lovely weekend. I did hope that spring had arrived. [more…]
As everyone knows, the Cold War was won by minor public school boys with bad degrees from embarrassing new universities. Sat on the banks of the Danube they sketched Czech freight trains disguised as if [more…]
Transatlantic slavery was ended in 1833 by Britain after a campaign by William Wilberforce. It is one of the key dates in British history, and Wilberforce is a name known to everyone. Britain may have [more…]
If there are any takers for a Friday night music slot email me at the usual. Featured image: Debbie Harry & Blondie PAINTING” by danor shtruzman is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0 Swiss [more…]
Question Time 24th April 2024 The Panel: Chris Philp (Conservative) Wes Streeting (Labour) Munira Wilson (LibDem) Victor Adebowale (NHS Confederation) Charles Moore (Columnist) Venue: Tottenham Wesley Paul William Streeting appears on QT and other broadcast [more…]
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