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Category Archives: Current Affairs
Echoes of War
My mind is still reeling from watching the commemorations to mark one hundred years since the end of The Great War. I don’t believe that it’s possible not to be moved by the pictures and stories that were paraded before … Continue reading
The Incomparable Rowley Irlam, Three Times Emmy Award Winner for Game of Thrones
On the night of Saturday, September the eighth, 2018, Rowley Irlam achieved a world first and thereby made history when he collected his third consecutive Emmy Award at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles. Rowley accepted this prestigious and unprecedented … Continue reading
Blueboy – A Doggy Tale
In the middle of March, 2016, roughly a week after I’d fallen so ill and while I was still struggling badly in hospital, my wonderful dog Blueboy had to be put to sleep. I swore to myself that if it … Continue reading
Game of Thrones Prequel and Livy’s Early History of Rome
A little while ago, I was delighted to discover that one of the few books to survive the inferno that destroyed my home in early March this was Livy’s magnificent and engrossing ‘Ab Urbe Condita‘, a volume I don’t believe … Continue reading
The Secret of Gun Control in Britain
Many others have been voicing their opinions on gun control in light of the latest massacre in America, so as it’s an emotive subject, I feel driven to say my piece on the matter. Before I’ve even started, though, I … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Britain, Dunblane, Gun Control, Guns, NRA, Soham
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The Las Vegas Massacre and the Ghost of Howard Unruh
The only aspect of the late, unlamented Stephen Paddock’s murderous rampage in Las Vegas on October 1st that genuinely surprised me was the fact that an atrocity on this vast scale had not been perpetrated by an American gunman decades … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Kehoe, Blair Mountain, Howard Unruh, Melvin Collins, Stephen Paddock, Vegas Shooting, Wounded Knee
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The Heresy of Stonehenge and the Mesolithic
A few days ago, I came across an observation in a lengthy essay in The Guardian that was so good and so insightful that I still find it hard to believe it had not been made long ago, or … Continue reading
The Choirboys
Last Sunday, my daughter Tanith presented me with a unique and unforgettable handmade card and a very welcome bottle of superior red wine for Father’s Day, while my son Jack bought me a book that had long been missing from … Continue reading
In Grateful Memory of Kirsty Boden
I cannot meaningfully add to the expressions of sorrow we all feel for the victims of the recent terrorist attacks here in Britain, but there are nonetheless two people who were caught up in these outrages that I feel compelled … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Kirsty Boden, London Bridge Attack, Nurses
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Manchester Attack
For weeks, I’ve been growing more and more angry and exasperated when I’ve been watching television, on account of all the lying, bickering politicians, reporters and supporters. Today, I’ve been hearing stories of little girls with plastic bags burned into … Continue reading
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