From Elsewhere: On First World and Third World mindsets.
It’s easy for us in the West to falsely assume that the entire world is like us. It’s easy to assume when you live…
Culture – includes movies
Girlguiding gets dragged kicking and screaming into the world of reality.
The last ten years or so have seen many of Britain’s public, private and voluntary institutions succumb to a form of madness. It been…
A Happy Thanksgiving to all my many American readers.
I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all my American readers and friends a very happy Thanksgiving. May your get togethers with family…
From Elsewhere – The BBC has lost all the trust it once had.
I used to admire the BBC. Back during the Cold War I considered the BBC and in particular the BBC World Service to be…
Weekend Movie – ‘The House On Marsh Road’ (1960)
A nice little ghost story for you all this week. The House On Marsh Road is a tale about a couple, an alcoholic writer…
Take the BBC to the cleaners Mr Trump.
The BBC is a once revered broadcaster which like so many other of Britain’s institutions has failed to live up to its once good…
From Elsewhere: Were the 1970’s all that bad for the UK?
I remember the 1970’s, I remember the political turmoil, the year of two general elections, the industrial strife, the dreadful economic situation, the feeling…
Remember
‘For the Fallen’ by Laurence Binyon 1914 With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea. Flesh of…
Tommy Robinson – He’s really wrong on this one. I disagree with him vehemently on this particular issue.
The citizen journalist, British rights activist and bete noir of the British political and media Establishment Tommy Robinson has recently been on a trip…
Weekend Movie – The Spy In Black.
As some may well have noticed from this blog’s Friday Night/Weekend Movie strand that I have a liking for British war films. Mostly these…
