Arts

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…]

The Swaling, Part Twenty Six

24th October 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

The first rule of diplomacy is to be nice to everybody all of the time, especially at Singapore’s social event of the season, the British High Commissioner’s annual bash. Even when cornered by North Korea’s [more…]

A History of Pop Music – Albums 1962

23rd October 2020 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured Album: The Beach Boys – Surfin Safari Before I start with the article, I would like to raise a concern. Over the last few weeks there have been several comments about how bad some [more…]

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

23rd October 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 22th October 2020 Panel: Nicky Morgan (Conservative) Bridget Phillipson (Labour) Anne Longfield (Children’s Commissioner) Stephen Fitzpatrick (Businessman) Joseph Stiglitz (Ecconomist) Venue: Sedgefield Question Time continues to struggle to find its bearings in black [more…]

Going Postal with Question Time

22nd October 2020 Going Postal 0

Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents another hour of the same old faces, same old propaganda. On the panel are: Nicky Morgan, former secretary of state for Education and former culture secretary, [more…]

The (Postwar) Fall of France, Part One

22nd October 2020 Joe Slater 0

Has there ever been a stranger accession to power in a western democracy recently than that of Emmanuel Macron? In 2014, he rose from nowhere to Minister of the Economy and then in 2017 was [more…]