Arts

Postcard from Lille, Part 17

1st June 2019 Always Worth Saying 0

Ferdinand Marcos having been deposed and his People Power successor Corazon Aquino having failed to control the country, an election was due in May 1992. In which, fortunately, no one from the Aquino clan wanted [more…]

Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review

31st May 2019 Roger Ackroyd 0

Question Time 30th May 2019 Panel: Barry “Pip” Gardiner (Remainer) Jo “Squeak” Swinson (Remainer) Rory “Wilfred” Stewart (Remainer) Stephen Pinker (Psychologist and Remainer) Alex Phillips (Brexit MEP) Venue: Epsom, Surrey (52 Remain/48 Leave) Pinker is [more…]

Going Postal with Question Time

30th May 2019 Going Postal 0

Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Epsom. On the panel: Rory Stewart MP, secretary of state for international development and Tory leadership candidate; Barry Gardiner MP, [more…]

Postcard from Lille, Part 16

25th May 2019 Always Worth Saying 0

I’m thoroughly enjoying life in Davao City on one of the Southernmost islands of the Philippine archipelago, Mindanao. It is election time and our candidates are (General) Fidel Ramos for president and Rodrigo Duterte for [more…]

Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review

24th May 2019 Roger Ackroyd 0

Question Time 23rd May 2019 Panel: Simon Jordan (Entrepreneur. Sports Journo and erstwhile owner of Crystal Palace FC) Damien Green (Tory. Porno enthusiast and Remainer) Tracy Brabin (Labour. Ex Coronation Street actress. Remainer) Miatta Fahnbulleh [more…]

Going Postal with Question Time

23rd May 2019 Going Postal 0

Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Frome. On the panel: Damian Green MP, former first secretary to the cabinet and Work and Pensions secretary, Conservative; Tracy [more…]

An Afternoon at the Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum

20th May 2019 Tom Pudding 0

Although we moved from Yorkshire to the South Coast 38 years ago and despite living only two miles from his premises in New Milton, I had only once previously visited Sammy Miller’s wonderful motorcycle museum [more…]

Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review

17th May 2019 Roger Ackroyd 0

Question Time 16th May 2019 Panel: Eilidh Douglas (Amnesty International. Pro-Independence. Brexiteer) Christine Jardine (LibDem and ex-BBC) John Swinney (SNP) Richard Leonard (Scottish Labour) Bim Afolami (Tory) Venue: Elgin The first thing that came to [more…]

Postcard from Lille, Part 15

11th May 2019 Always Worth Saying 0

As with America, I went back and forward, back and forward to the Philippine Islands for about five years, but will tell the tale as one continuous story, in situ over there, perhaps including an [more…]