Random Views

Though many of Karl Marx’s views were pretty questionable, he was right to declare that history repeats itself ‘the first time as tragedy, t...

Spending the weekend with my granddaughter Aya has reminded me of the potency of fairy tales. And that led me on to thinking about some of t...

Watching things on television is fine, but nothing beats physical presence. So it was great to watch England play rugby against France at Tw...

Conisbrough was a typical South Yorkshire mining village when I spent the first seven months of 1971 teaching there. It boasted a surprising...

Isn’t it wonderful when you get one of those rare days with a couple of news stories that give real pleasure? It makes such a change. Genera...

The British media were dominated a week ago by stories marking – celebrating is not the right word – the twenty-fifth anniversary of the sta...

I’ve previously commented on the technique developed by our cat Misty for ensuring he gets our attention at night. This is to go round any ...