The British have punched above their weight for three hundred years, economically, militarily, socially & geo politically culminating at the end of the 19th Century with the greatest empire the world has ever seen. It [more…]
Mid-February, 2020: My wife and I stayed at our favourite hotel on the South Devon coast. There was a woman there who was coughing a bit, actually quite a lot; we didn’t think too much [more…]
Thursday July 1st 2021 sees the good people of Batley and Spen go to the polls to elect a new Member of Parliament. The previous incumbent, Ms Tracy Brabin, the face that launched a thousand [more…]
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. Mahatma Gandhi. I was reading the words of probably [more…]
We’ve all heard about the newest insult to our lives and our children. I refer, of course, to the growing adoption of “Critical Race Theory” as part of public school curriculum. Why should we be [more…]
The Third Man is a wonderfully evocative, innovative, and fascinating film, directed by Carol Reed with the screenplay by Graham Greene, set in the dystopian ruins and chaos of immediate post-WW2 Vienna, which at that [more…]
In a recent Spectator article, Niall Ferguson worried about the infatuation that the ruling class of the West have for the Chinese system of governance & their clear desire to imitate it. Unfortunately, he fails [more…]
Chatham Rule Named after Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs), which introduced the rule in 1927: “When a meeting, or part thereof, is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to [more…]
Ida pushed the cottage door open, walked in and started looking around. The acrid smell inside was so overpowering that she hurried, nearly gagging, to open all the windows wide. Ida felt nervous: she had [more…]
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