‘Gender transition for young people’ a monstrous scandal that could have been avoided
I was wondering how I was going to compose a piece about the new Finnish study into the outcomes for medical and/or surgical treatments…
Culture – includes movies
A wonderful bit of Tolkien-based hilarity.
I’m a bit of a Tolkien nerd. I’ve read the books (including the Silmarillion at least six times), watched the movies and consumed hours…
Minnesota’s massive Somali fraud scandal. What lessons could it teach us in Europe?
There is a massive Somali community that has been transplanted from Somalia and elsewhere into the US state of Minnesota. There have long been…
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…
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…
