An open letter to the Prime Minister from Piers Corbyn of WeatherAction.
To: The Prime Minister Rt. Hon. David Cameron MP chair of ‘Cobra’ (Cabinet Office Briefing Room) and UK Floods Minister…
Month: December 2015
The 2016 New Year Honours: Is it not time we sorted this nonsense out?
Above, the Royal Arms of the now defunct Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Mr Paul Dacre Editor of the Daily…
A New Year Message to Amber Rudd: Minister, the bear in the photograph is NOT the one you need concern yourself with!
This is the time of year when various statesmen (and stateswomen) and A N Other pundits (such as your Editor)…
EU-lidmaatschap: Het werkt voor ons. (EU membership: It works for us.)
Above, 1960s teenage fantasy, Raquel Welch. This Christmas was the second Christmas I have spent in Cornwall, most of the…
A beneficial flood!
There will have been great rejoicing at the BBC, the offices of Greenpeace and the Met Office (in secret, of…
Der perfekte Sturm (The Perfect Storm).
Wikipedia describes a “perfect storm” as an expression that describes an event where a rare combination of circumstances will aggravate…
Downton Abbey: All the signs of a rushed job. And we know why!
Above, an orchestral performance of Handel’s “Arrival of the Queen of Sheba.” For those who have not watched this popular…
Her Majesty's Christmas Message: 2015.
Above, Her Majesty’s Christmas message. God save the Queen.
Our future Prime Minister, meeting her future deputy?
Back in 2013 I was in a bit of a bad way. The house was in a state and so…
The Shape of Things to Come.
Above, four images of four ladies through the years. From left to right: An Edwardian lady, a lady from the…