Arts

Going Postal with Question Time

23rd January 2020 Going Postal 1

Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Stoke Newington. On the panel are: Theresa Villiers MP, secretary of state for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Conservative; Emily [more…]

PMQs with Going Postal

22nd January 2020 Going Postal 0

Agenda Oral questions: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office (including Topical Questions) Prime Minister’s Question Time Consideration of Lords amendments Legislation: Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill: Second Reading Consideration [more…]

Postcard from Lille, Part 47

18th January 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

For a recap of the story so far, please click here. For some reason, Sister thought that things were, ‘Pretty shitty’. She’d just met the Pope, was flying first class and was eating a delicious [more…]

Cruising at Christmas (and the New Year) – Part 1

17th January 2020 Going Postal 0

Pre Cruise I have been on a number of cruises on a number of different cruise lines but this is my first Christmas Cruise so I thought I might document it. Some time ago my [more…]

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

17th January 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 16th January 2020 Panel: Baroness Chakrabarti of Kennington (Labour) Helen Whately (Conservative) Alyn Smith (SNP) Madeline Grant (Daily Telegraph Comment Editor) Laurence Fox (Actor) Venue: Liverpool To this reviewer’s recollection, Brexit was only [more…]

A buying opportunity in precious metals

21st October 2019 0

After a remarkable run over the past few months, gold and silver now appear to have entered a period of consolidation. Many speculators and short-term focused investors have sold their positions fearing a correction, while [more...]
Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review

8th November 2019 0

Question Time 7th November 2019 Panel: Barry “Uphill” Gardiner (Wind the bugger up and set the snooze button to zzzzzzz) Kirstene Hair (Tory who admits she didn’t vote in the referendum)) Humza Yousaf (SNP Scottish [more...]
Némésis Part 2

7th July 2019 0

Northern Iraq, November-December 2017 The Kurds were ostensibly Sunni Muslims although they seemed to display a rather more developed attitude towards the practice of their faith. The women generally covered their heads with either a [more...]
How They Rule Ya

8th July 2019 0

The only way to ‘Change Politics for Good’, is to acknowledge the magnitude of the problem and understand how easy it is to resolve. There are only two things you need – co-ordination and tens [more...]
A Bear’s Diary – Part 29

7th July 2019 0

June 9th, 1811. At sea once more, we discovered that two of our crew had deserted, preferring the fleshpots of New York to their homeland and what will certainly be a more than generous reward [more...]