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What a terrible disappointment those of us who live near Valencia had to suffer on Friday night. We’re near the end of the eighth week of ...

It’s a lazy, easy accusation against politicians to say they all lie. In reality, many politicians only lie because it works. They’ve unders...

“Democracy,” wrote the American journalist and wit HL Mencken, “is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get...

It is said, often by me, that it was the Danish physicist Neils Bohr who quipped ‘it is very difficult to predict — especially the future’. ...

There is always a well-known solution to every human problem — neat, plausible, and wrong. That was the American journalist H. L. Mencken ...

In the early part of last century, the American commentator HL Mencken pointed out, “there is always a well-known solution to every human pr...

So it’s official: Brexit is to be hard, with the UK leaving the Single Market and European Customs Union, as well as the EU itself. As Don...

“No one in this world,” H L Mencken claimed, “so far as I know—and I have researched the records for years, and employed agents to help me—h...

“Credo quia absurdum”, “I believe because it is absurd”, may sound like nonsense but it’s a powerful statement of faith. Attributed to Ter...

I believe it because it is absurd. Credo quia absurdum . Not many people of faith would accept that as summing up their approach. But it s...

Now here’s an interesting insight into our societies. England and Northern Ireland (Scotland and Wales decided, perhaps wisely, not to take...

There are films that leave you asking ‘how on earth did they make that?’ For others the question is ‘why?’ We watched one of the latter th...

We all get a bit fed up from time to time. And when that happens, what we need is a quick remedy to put a smile back on our lips. Struggling...