Brexit: Will the truth be stranger than fiction?
Above, Only Fools and Horses theme. Whilst it is accepted amongst the professionals in the world’s foreign ministries, the world’s…
Organised masochism, but in a good cause!
More than a thousand people in Alaska braved the water temperature of 32 degrees to jump into a lake. The…
Brexit: Yes! The “panto” season has arrived.
Above, actress Pat Michael as principal boy, “Prince Charming”. In today’s article we have to start off by explaining to…
Uno ruota giù dal carro: Il Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena.
Above, Siena, Tuscany. We are grateful to the journalists, Lorenzo Totaro, Sonia Sirletti and Alessandro Speciale for producing the report…
Idiocracy: Rule of the Fools.
Above, The Stultorum Chorea – The dance of fools; a group of fools join hands and dance in a ring…
A question of perception.
Above, the essayist and memoirist Anaïs Nin’s famous quote. When I moved from the West Riding of Yorkshire to Cornwall,…
Climate Bandwagoneers: Beware the long arm of the law.
Today’s article is a warning that is NOT directed at the vast majority to those who would describe themselves as…
Why I Voted Out: By the anonymous man on the Clapham Omnibus.
The man on the Clapham omnibus is a hypothetical ordinary and reasonable person, used by the courts in English law…
Thomas Mair: Yet another own goal.
With the EU Referendum campaign over, this organ thought that the period of political own goal scoring was over. But…
Britain's politicians: Eating humble pie.
A good rule of thumb for politicians is never comment on the internal political discourse of a foreign state. Many…