In July this year, while the UK was still locked down, I was challenged by…
Opinions
In 2020 I went to Pompeii and then to Troy
Troy myth and reality. At the beginning of 2020, I spent a week in Naples…
Wolfie Caged
How I survived lockdown. I have finally got round to writing a blog now that,…
Claiming my Irish inheritance
Most people regard me as a typical Englishman, but, in reality I am, like many…
Remembering Peter Fonda – the easy rider
I was sad to hear of Peter Fonda’s death, not just because he starred in…
50 years after the Stonewall riots – sometimes actions speak louder than words.
Reading about the Stonewall Riots on its fiftieth anniversary makes me feel a mixture of…
I like Elizabeth Warren – I hope that doesn’t spook her chances of being the next US President.
Yes, I like Elizabeth Warren. I would’ve preferred her as the Democrat presidential candidate the…
“You don’t care for anything because you are spoilt”, she said, after a loud crashing sound.
The other night, an audio recording was made of what sounded like a domestic dispute…
Why do so many of us in the UK feel that our lives have been ransacked?
I haven’t been writing about the state of the United Kingdom for some time now…
What A Mess: BREXIT, Britain and its Politicians
I may have been shirking a responsibility by avoiding writing blogs about the woeful state…