Thursday, 2 January 2020

Please, Daddy, leave me my Corbyn blindfold. It's so comfortable

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It has been obvious since the earliest days of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour leadership, that his supporters have been wearing rose-tinted spectacl...
Tuesday, 31 December 2019

Spanish politics wishing us all a Happy New Year

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Two pieces of news, out here in Spain, have struck me as the old year dies. They provide insight into how to form governments and just how m...
Friday, 27 December 2019

Not good for the Pope. Not good for Britain either

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One thought can easily conjure up unrelated memories, can’t it? I was reading about the present Pope the other day, and it brought to mind...
Wednesday, 25 December 2019

Christmas day without my mother: something of a relief

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Christmas. So many memories. Not all of them bad. The tradition in English-speaking households is to have presents, at least for the kid...
Sunday, 22 December 2019

African funeral or how to bear our troubles more lightly

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Introducing his song The Pause of Mr Claus (you don’t know it? Listen to it, and its tribute to the FBI, on YouTube ), Arlo Guthrie shares ...
Thursday, 19 December 2019

Spirit conversation, or my mother on why Labour has to be a Broad Church

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My mother, a lifelong supporter of the Labour Party and member for nearly four decades, liked to tell me her party was a Broad Church. Th...
Monday, 16 December 2019

While at war: courage in admitting you were wrong

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Picture a lecture theatre in an old and prestigious university. You know, wooden panelling, a lofty ceiling, rows of wooden benches reaching...