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When I look at the behaviour of the Johnson government, the thought “second rate” always springs to mind. Only to be replaced by, “that’s s...

Two impressive performances have left me wondering whether we need more women at the top of politics. Not just because equality of rights is...

A crisis! A crisis! It’s a time to rise to a challenge, to show your mettle, to confront and overcome whatever life throws at you. Of cour...

According to a leftie who keeps on at me on Twitter, the problem for Labour is that the 2019 election merely represents a continuation of it...

An old friend came to visit us recently, and it was a delight to have her with us. Among many other conversations, we remembered many of our...

Treason is a terrible offence. Why, even after the British abolished the death penalty for murder, one of the few offences for which it was ...

Maybe it’s the Christmas season, with all its nostalgia, but I seem to be having experience after experience reminding me of things long ago...

I keep on working through my old photos , a process constantly slowed down by the reawakening of memories of moments long past, of people lo...

It’s always fun, or at least more often fun than it is instructive, to work your way through those self-help books that teach you all the wi...

Here’s an article not to miss: Larry Elliott in The Guardian on a study into the hollowing-out of manufacturing in Britain. From a peak of...

They do say that, in politics, you shouldn’t build a campaign on nostalgia for the past, but on promise for the future. It was the problem...