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…
Culture – includes movies
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…
When words lose their power.
Way back in 2016 I wrote on the Fahrenheit211 site about how the word ‘racist’ had been overused and inappropriately used to such an…
Weekend Movie – ‘Door To Door Maniac’
This week’s Weekend Movie is a heist movie with a bit of a difference. It stars Country music legend Johnny Cash as an experienced…
Weekend Movie – ‘Wrong Number’
‘Wrong Number’ is a short, tightly written British crime drama movie from 1959. I won’t give you any spoilers but the plot revolves around…
