A confluence of festivals but only one has a death toll attached to it.
This year is somewhat unusual. It’s one of those years that come around every now and again where three religions have their major and…
2023
From Elsewhere: Julie Birchill is correct. The Guardian has destroyed itself.
I used to read the Guardian. I used to like reading the Guardian. For me it used to be the go to newspaper for…
Happy Passover to all this blog’s Jewish readers. Also with additional funny story.
I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all this blog’s Jewish readers a very happy and kosher Pesach. We’ve had a couple of…
Happy Easter to all this blog’s Christian readers.
I would like to take this opportunity to wish all my Christian readers a very happy and meaningful Easter. May your celebrations be good…
Starmer still can’t get the ‘woman’ thing right.
Recently we have seen signs that Sir Keir Starmer the Labour Party leader is walking back, or at least giving the appearance of walking…
From Elsewhere: Britain’s corrupted and politically biased charity sector.
Britain has a charity problem. No, that problem is not that Britons give too little to charity, tzdakah or zakat or whatever you wish…
Tim Farron, a dictionary definition of naivety.
Former Liberal Democrat Party leader Tim Farron had decided to make a comment on the ongoing migrant invasion crisis. This is a crisis that…
The BBC lies to our faces. This is not a woman.
Back in the day, when to all intents and purposes the world stood on the brink of nuclear conflagration, I used to get a…
Alumni For Free Speech – An organisation that may well be worth supporting.
The condition of freedom of speech in Britain’s university and college sector is as far as I can tell, abysmal. It has become an…
Writing from the past that’s well worth reading today.
Dorothy Thompson was a very very interesting character. She was a radio broadcaster and a journalist who had covered the rise of Nazi Germany…
