Now is the winter of our discontent??????
One of the things I pay attention to when writing a blog-post is the title. It has to be catchy.…
A little help from my friends!
Those of us Britons who can recall the summer of 1967 will doubtless recall the Beatles hit, “With A Little…
Partying (NOT NOW!) before the lights go out!
Above: Vicky Michelle of the sit-com “All Allo”: it is unlikely to be screened again – as it will be…
News Flash: It’s PC Johnson of New Palace Yard!
The mainstream media is much criticised. This is because, like the office of Prime Minster of the United Kingdom, it…
“If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well. It were done quickly:”
These famous words spoken by Shakespeare’s Macbeth in Act 1, Scene 7 form the title of today’s BG blog-post in…
The Kingdom of the Ugly Sisters.
It is coming to that time of year when parents and grandparents take their excited children to the pantomime. In…
Paddling to Paradise.
Above: Two contrasting visions (Utopia or Dystopia) of the UK’s future. The recent deaths of migrants in the English Channel…
A broken vase.
British politics can now reasonably be said to resemble a broken vase (pronounced “varse” NOT “vayse”). North the Younger yesterday…
Happy days are here again: Hopefully!!!!!!!
Warning: The above YouTube video contains material that will be deemed by some as being “politically incorrect” and sexist.…
Cleaning the Augean stables.
Above: The 5th Labour of Hercules: Cleaning the Augean stables (by diverting a river). The excellent and learned Doctor Richard…