Ask not for whom the bell tolls……………………
“For Whom the Bell Tolls,” the 1940 novel by Ernest Hemingway, popularised the phrase “Ask not for whom the bell…
Author: Editor
An open message to the Rt. Hon. Sir Keir Starmer, PC, KCB, MP.
Above, a cover image of the Macmillan Collector’s Library edition of George Orwell’s “1984.” It is perhaps fitting that we…
I want to complain about this sandwich. It tastes like muck. Of course. It’s a muck sandwich.
Above, the East Coast main line. British Rail’s ham sandwiches were the stuff of legend. And indigestion! The BBC’s reporting…
Once upon a time……………………………..
Above, Cecil Rhodes. I left school in the summer of 1972. It was a comprehensive and I was to quote…
Hanging themselves with their own rope!
In the hypersensitive and draconian days we are now living in I suppose some police person somewhere in the UK…
Becoming an asylum seeker!
Above, the iconic “Statue of Liberty”. One half of the year it’s too hot and in the other half of…
The Bonfire of Possibilities……….
Tuesday 5th November 2024 (Bonfire Night) will also be the day of the 60th quadrennial United States presidential election. For…
Awaiting the eruption!
Living in a Cornish beauty spot and this being August, I’m reminded that my mother liked a summer holiday. She…
Islamophobia.
Above: the London Central Mosque (also known as the Regent’s Park Mosque) is an Islamic place of worship located on…
The canary down the coal mine.
The case of the lady arrested in relation to the misinformation relating to the Southport murders has drawn the attention…