If we’re gonna make Cameron squirm…
So, a (presumably now ex-)friend of David Cameron has just published a book containing salacious gossip which, though it might interest some of the public, serves no public interest. So, […]
So, a (presumably now ex-)friend of David Cameron has just published a book containing salacious gossip which, though it might interest some of the public, serves no public interest. So, […]
We were ordered, with prohibitive red, to STAY HOME. The noun ‘home’ provides clarity – what else can it mean? Stay put in the security of your own space in […]
As Spain cautiously goes about easing its lockdown, and could last weekend report that its Covid-19 daily death rate has fallen to its lowest since the 18th of March, EL […]
How I imagine David Cameron must have preened when ITV News sought his opinion concerning Boris Johnson’s hospitalisation. That the media considers what The Blue Spectre has to say worthwhile […]
I generally and genuinely admire politicians of whatever political hue, believing that many, if not the majority, enter politics with a genuine desire to work for the public good. Or […]
Though of a reasonable, easy-going disposition, I do, like most, have my bugbears. Chief among which is people who lie for a living. Chief among whom are quacks. And those […]
Reworked and expanded version of a previous post has (following submission mid-March) surfaced in the latest issue of Leicester Secularist, the ‘monthly’ journal of the Leicester Secular Society. ………………………. Solace for Salman? I’ve often […]
Have you ever read Salman Rushdie’s vibrant, florid, atmospheric novel, The Satanic Verses? I’ve often wondered about the fatwā, pronounced five months after its publication in 1988, and the ensuing effect on its author’s life […]