We agree with Gerry! Good partisan advice for the Tories following the recent election débâcle comes from an unusual (for them) source: A certain…
May: Savez-vous où se trouve le comptable? Macron: Oui madame. Restez sur la gauch et en haut de la colline. Lorsque vous atteignez le sommet, traversez la…
Thursday 8th June 2017: Revenge of the snowflakes. Historians, who by the nature of their profession judge the actions of the past with the insightful wisdom of hindsight,…
Living in interesting times: A Coalition of Chaos? Above, a recent You Gov poll. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. With it one can do things which without it…
Manchester May 2017. “I send my thoughts to the British people, the victims and their loved ones. Together we carry out this fight…
The 2017 General Election: On the road to nowhere! Mr David Byrne should indeed be thanked for writing the hit Road to Nowhere (above) in 1985. Mr Byrne’s repetitive…
Let's run it up the flagpole and see who salutes it! Facebook is a very varied place. Your Editor has a Facebook page, purely for the purposes of promoting this organ.…
Last night's theatre review on Madam Maybe's “Will she? Won't she?” – a VERY expensive night at the theatre! Above, “Trafalgar Studios” in Whitehall, near Trafalgar Square, in the City of Westminster. Formerly The Whitehall Theatre until 2004, this…
Madam Maybe: Going soft on Brexit? Above Daniel Hannan, NOT the Tory candidate for Aldershot. Three weeks ago tomorrow on 29th April 2017, the Sun newspaper…
British general elections: Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Above, Hogarth’s famous 1755 painting, “An Election Entertainment” History Today (http://www.historytoday.com/peter-quennell/hogarth%E2%80%99s-election-series) has published an article by the late English biographer,…