A few years ago I met at a social event a senior executive in a publishing firm. She planned to take a year out of the corporate scene to travel, and especially wanted to visit Korea. “South Korea”, she added, … Read More »
As one of the forty protesting at the arms fair in Farnborough last night (pictures to follow if any good) I offer a few coffee thoughts as I break my journey north to steel city house … * Around the … Read More »
On Thursday I’ll join protestors in Farnborough, UK, where an arms fair – let that cuddly phrase sink in a moment: an arms fair … – will open to showcase to buyers around the globe the current state of the … Read More »
… or at least, its three largest economies on the Freudian couch … Brought to me by my Gallic friend Alain, here’s light relief in truths recognised, outside the Extreme Centre, by the attentive whether of Left stripe or … Read More »
* Yesterday in Sheffield’s Endcliffe Park, a stone’s throw from Steel City House … * Here’s my favourite oak in the whole wide world, a tree for all seasons. I’ve photographed it in snow and shine, with friends in the … Read More »
BTL comment on the Kernow Damo podcast featured below * Yesterday I welcomed – “with all due tepidity” – a Guardian piece earlier in the week by Owen Jones on the violence in Iran; the welcome bit for its opening sentence: “What … Read More »
Guardian, January 13 2026 * I read two pieces yesterday by men of whom I have decidedly mixed feelings. One being Owen Jones, writing in the Guardian on the attempted and I hope abortive ‘colour revolution’ in Iran. On this … Read More »
Still kicking myself. Seconds before leaving the house this morning, for a stroll with Jackie and Tebay, I contemplated bringing my grown up camera. Problem being I was on the ground floor while said item sat two floors above. Nah, … Read More »
Today I bring four third-party pieces, all short, but I start with a correction. In my post five days ago, on the prima facie murder of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, I got two details wrong; one of them critical. … Read More »
I’m kicking myself. In my rushed post two days ago, the first of two on the subject, I gave three reasons why I will not cheer for regime change in Iran: Our politicians and corrupt media have every interest in … Read More »