Arts

The Swaling, Part Twenty Seven

31st October 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

The High Commissioner’s Private Office. Upstairs. The British High Commissioner’s Residence. Eden Hall. Nassim Road. Singapore. I have let myself into the High Commissioner’s office and sat myself in the naughty corner. There are footsteps [more…]

The Year Turns, Part 1

31st October 2020 Going Postal 0

In this series of articles, I’d like to meander through the roots of some ancient customs, beliefs and rituals that have shaped our culture. Many are still followed, though sad to say, a growing number [more…]

A History of Pop Music – Albums 1963

30th October 2020 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured Album: Please Please Me – The Beatles This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will select a featured album for each year [more…]

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

30th October 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 29th October 2020 Panel: Chris Philp (Conservative) Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour) Marie van der Zyl (Board of Deputies of British Jews) Anthony Scaramucci (Former Trump Advisor) Bonnie Greer OBE (Writer) Venue: Lincoln This week, [more…]

Going Postal with Question Time

29th October 2020 Going Postal 0

Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents another hour of BBC politics. On the panel are: Chris Philp MP, Home Office minister, conservative; Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, shadow home secretary, Labour; Anthony Scaramucci, American [more…]

The (Postwar) Fall of France, Part Two

29th October 2020 Joe Slater 0

The black and beur (French-Arab) communities have always had complicated ties with France. The early waves of European immigrants — the Italians, the Spanish, the Poles — came from proud, independent peer cultures, and the [more…]

Death, why are we so frightened of it?

29th October 2020 Godfrey Bloom 0

There is one thing sure, death & taxes. We are all going to die, we all know that don’t we ? There are no exceptions. It is why we have car insurance (we might crash) [more…]

In Defence of the ‘Diversity Coin’

28th October 2020 Zombie Ramboz 0

For anybody who may have missed it, in October 2020 a new ‘Diversity Built Britain’ coin was unveiled on the UK public sector information website GOV.UK to mark “the profound contribution minority communities have made [more…]

Always Worth Saying’s Presidential Debate Review

26th October 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

Presidential Debate 22nd October 2020 Contestants: President Donald J Trump (Republican) Former Vice President Jo Biden (Democrat) Venue: Nashville, Tennessee Tennessee sits in ‘rattle through’ as well as ‘fly over’ America. Your humble author has [more…]