Human Interest
Recent Incendiary Allegations – An Explanation
They say that lightning doesn’t strike twice. They are wrong. And if it scorches a doorway or two and sets one of my old cars alight, then so be it — some things are meant [more…]
Always Worth Saying
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 29th May 2025 The Panel: Heidi Alexander (Labour) David Simmonds (Conservative) Jess Brown-Fuller (Liberal Democrat) Ava-Santina Evans (Politics Joe) Tim Montgomerie (Journalist and commentator) Venue: Cheltenham Introduced as a journalist and commentator, Tim [more…]
21st Century
Big Boys’ Rules
In yet another BBC documentary on the subject, a Panorama edition entitled Special Forces: I Saw War Crimes dropped on 12th May and investigated serious allegations against UK Special Forces, in particular the SAS and [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 22nd May 2025 The Panel: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour) Kieran Mullan (Conservative) Zanny Minton Beddoes (Editor of The Economist) Hashi Mohamed (Barrister and journalist) Inaya Folarin Iman (Journalist) Venue: Dulwich Last time Question Time [more…]
20th Century
Beautiful Kashmir
Never travel to a country that’s a funny colour on the map, or worse still, described by different coloured diagonal lines. Disputed territory is not only the cartographer’s nightmare, but also that of the traveller. [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 15th May 2025 The Panel: Peter Kyle (Labour) Nigel Huddleston (Conservative) Alex Depledge (Tech entrepreneur) Sonia Sodha (Columnist and broadcaster) Venue: Aldershot Controversy broke out after last week’s edition of Question Time. During [more…]
Democracy
Independent or Hamas?
The days when independent councillors were well-meaning, often single-cause, advocates saving a hospital or moving a gypsy camp, are long gone. Although Reform UK caught the headlines in early May’s local elections, their success was [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 8th May 2025 The Panel: James Murray (Labour) Graham Stuart (Conservative) Richard Tice (Reform UK) Calum Miller (LibDem) Jo Grady (University and College Union) Venue: Hull Well. One feels like the director of [more…]
Christianity
An Appreciation Of The Papacy of Francis I
Might every age get the Pope it deserves? If so, then what of the Age of Francis I? Jorge Mario Bergoglio, once Archbishop of Buenos Aires and the latest Bishop of Rome, died on Easter [more…]