Dixon of Dock Green. Where are you ?
Two recent events one very upsetting and the other tragic have served to illustrate how our police have been transformed…
Month: January 2010
The lunatics have taken over the asylum…..
The Interior of Bedlam, from A Rake’s Progress by William Hogarth (1763) In the 18th century, watching and taunting “lunatics”…
Post-Copenhagen: picking up the pieces.
The article below is a reprint from the latest newsletter from the Scientific Alliance, St John’s Innovation Centre, Cowley Road,…
Atkvæði Neitun. Dvöl sjálfstæður. Viðurværi út af the E.U.
This is Iceland’s President Olafur Grimsson. “Atkvæði Neitun. Dvöl sjálfstæður. Viðurværi út af the E.U.” English translation: Vote No. Stay…
Reorganising the deck chairs on the Titanic….
Former cabinet ministers Patricia Hewitt and Geoff Hoon have called for a secret ballot of MPs to decide if Prime…
The end of an era…………….
In 2018, England hosts the Football World Cup at Wembley. Let us hope for an England victory. Unfortunately, 2018 may…
Only in Britain…………..
The Wiltshire town of Wootton Bassett that has proudly taken on the roll of the nation’s mourner in chief for…
The shape of things to come.
Heavy snow hit Beijing today, stranding thousands of passengers at the main airport and casting an unusual quiet over normally…
The Reports of My Death Are Greatly Exaggerated….
The United Nations has declared 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity. It was reported by the BBC that the International…
Obituary – The United Kingdom – a.k.a. a Dead Parrot.
Today, New Year’s Day (Friday 1st January 2010) marks two anniversaries. It marks 209 years from Thursday, 1st January, 1801…