Unlawfully killed. After twenty-seven years, and despite the legal bar for such a verdict being very high indeed, the families of the victims have the beginnings of justice. Some elements of the saga are tragic in their banality. A nasty, … Read More »
When you’re young you’re thinking, ‘where are the boys?’ The boys are with Bernie. Gloria Steinem Hillary Clinton will always be there for you. And just remember, there’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other! … Read More »
So there’s me, listening to Radio 4 as I make my award winning bread pudding from left overs in the bin de pain. I’ve bunged egg, mixed peel and muscavado onto a shedload of crumbs and raisins. I’ve sloshed in the … Read More »
Yet again an opponent of Israel’s repressive policies – indefensible to a growing number of once staunch defenders – is castigated as ‘antisemitic’. Now it’s the turn of Malia Bouattia, daughter of Algerian refugees and newly elected President of the … Read More »
… the impossible, the outrageously and stratospherically talented Artist Known as Prince has died this day. Sometimes it snows in April. I just heard someone on the radio offer that “he played guitar as well as Hendrix, wrote songs as … Read More »
So Obama is to weigh in against Brexit. I’m glad. Not because I’m anti Brexit – though I am, just* – but because at last we’re beginning to notice the elephant in the room. Tory and Labour Eurosceptics are different … Read More »
Guy Lombardo was first in with this Sigman & Magidson song in 1949, but it was too good not to be followed by others: Doris Day and Bing, for instance, and much later The Specials. For life affirmative chutzpah, though, … Read More »
Brilliant weekend with old and very dear friends near Aberystwyth … [wds id=”34″]
Guardian today: In many respects, Britain’s anti-money laundering regulations are tough, but … as Imran Khan, a leading criminal and human rights solicitor, says: “These rules were originally drawn up to deal with drug money, and most cases that reach … Read More »
Like Dalat and for similar reasons Hoi An defies easy summary. It has its brash, kitsch and rip-off aspects but also a warmth never far from the surface, together with a kaleidoscopic abundance of contrasting ambience, culture and rhythm. I … Read More »