Rookwood

Artisan Bread

8th November 2019 Rookwood 0

You know who you are. You can cook, possibly even turn out a decent meringué or even a soufflé, but the mere thought of baking a loaf of bread fills you with irrational fear. The [more…]

Definition: Dishonest language or behaviour that is intended to trick people The recent decision by the Supreme Court to nullify the prorogation of Parliament by Boris Johnson is deeply disturbing in many respects. The level [more…]

The death of Habeas Corpus

1st October 2019 Rookwood 0

Let me first fire a major pre-emptive shot across the bows of any reader who is a lawyer, judge or indeed any part of the legal system. I am not a lawyer, and apart from [more…]

The Root of all Corruption

10th September 2019 Rookwood 0

Anyone who has not been living under a rock for the past few decades, and certainly post Brexit, will have failed to notice the rot and corruption that enshrouds our institutions, businesses and indeed our [more…]

The Anorexic Blue Line

12th August 2019 Rookwood 0

I have a number of friends who are police officers. Or to be more accurate, former police officers. Which is a bit of a paradox really, as by far the majority of rank and file [more…]

Oh Tommy

26th July 2019 Rookwood 0

Tommy. The name conjures up different things, depending on what generation you behove. To some, it is reminiscent of a brave wartime soldier. To others, a raging Nazi who deserves any and all punishment you [more…]

The devil is always in the detail

15th June 2019 Rookwood 0

Cast your mind back to the morning of Friday the 2nd of May 1997. The British electorate had overwhelmingly swept Anthony Charles Lynton Blair to power, in a landslide victory that conjures imagery of a [more…]