Hobbies
A Scottish Odyssey
The memsahib & I decided on one last Scottish tour of The Highlands, our fifth, before we run down the curtain. I have some Scottish ancestry, my grandmother’s clan was Bruce although a lowland clan [more…]
Blog
21st Century
Macron Keeps Discrediting France
At this rate, there’s no longer any credible chance that France will revive its independent foreign policy traditions after the five major foreign policy mistakes that Macron made over just the last two years. He’s [more…]
Culture
An English to English Dictionary
I have long wondered if a dictionary existed that translates the bastardised version of the English language used in America to our original version. That bloke Webster has a lot to answer for, compiling his [more…]
20th Century
In The Steps of The First Army, Part Six
“In the sixth of his articles John Alldridge writes of Bizerta, where a song was born, an Army vindicated itself, and a gigantic building plan went awry.” – Manchester Evening News, November 22 1949 Bizerta, [more…]
19th Century
Not The Worst President
“History shall be kind to me for I shall write it” wrote Sir Winston Churchill at the end of the Second World War. He had previously written a six volume history of the First World [more…]
Economics
Saving in gold is the only reliable way to save
For the longest time, according to conventional and widely embraced wisdom, all responsible and prudent members of society had to have a savings account. All those hardworking taxpayers and all those forward-thinking and sensible individuals [more…]
Elections
Polling Predictions #12
In the aftermath of the local elections, not all of which have been counted (shades of the Democrats here), can we use their results as an indication of how a GE would unfold. Locals are [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary – Week Two Hundred And Thirty-Three
Monday Good morning readers and hello from your favourite cat reporter. My feeder was a little late this morning, apparently there was a problem on her Tube line. Anyway, to make up for being late [more…]
Arts
Television’s Albertstein Monster
End of the old endboards Gone are the days when television programmes finished with a caption proclaiming ‘Granada, From The North’ or a plummy continuity announcer saying, ‘Mike Yarwood is appearing in summer season in [more…]