Arts
The Swaling, Part Sixty Six
“Mesdames et Messieurs, welcome to Le Salon Privé of the Lucky Saddle Craft Company, Geylang Road, Singapore. Are you ready to rumble? I said, are you ready to rumble?” Mr Tan was enjoying himself. A [more…]
Arts
20th Century
My Legends of Pop Music – Part Three – The Everly Brothers
If I get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands. I shall try and link live versions if they exist from the tellybox or a film, the sound quality may not [more…]
Arts
GB News Review
GB News 29th July 2021 Present: Catherine (Travel expert) Laurence Fox (Political activist) Angela Levin (Royal watcher) Dave Rogers (Olympic correspondent) Venue: Brazier & Muroki We join the programme with regular presenter Mercy Muroki and [more…]
Arts
Confessions of a Language Lover
“Grammar Nazi”: the words spit out at me from the screen. Because the paucity of the allusion profoundly depresses me, I have decided to spare the complainants personal embarrassment by no longer highlighting their individual [more…]
Arts
Eastern Tide Meets Western Shore – Part One
I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong hills. The equator runs across these highlands a hundred miles to the north, and the farm lay at an altitude of over six [more…]
Arts
The Swaling, Part Sixty Five
We are in a secret corridor beneath the Lucky Saddle Craft Company at the quiet end of Geylang Road. ‘We’ being myself and Mrs Dora Clogg (still clutching her handbag) both of the Spanish intelligence [more…]
Authoritarianism
Freedom March, Saturday 24th July 2021
The worlds of sport and politics were rocked to their foundations this Saturday morning as England men’s senior able-bodied football team manager, Gareth Southgate, appeared at the top of every news bulletin announcing, “Get your [more…]
20th Century
My Legends of Pop Music – Part Two – Elvis Presley
If I get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands. I shall try and link live versions if they exist from the tellybox or a film, the sound quality may not [more…]
Arts
GB News Review
GB News 22nd July 2021 Present: Ian Wright (Food and Drinks Confederation) Pierre-Henri Duman (Republican MP for Calais) Peter Marx (Late-night venue operator) Monty Panesar (Retired cricketer) Venue: Farage Your humble author was thrilled to [more…]