Top deck of the Clapham omnibus
I am in luck. The front seat on the left hand side in the direction of travel is vacant. I…
Opinion
Private view
Radio 4
Britains favourtites. What have I got to say about it? Is it still relevant in a multi channel world where…
Chief emergency officer
On Sunday I was discharged from hospital after a week’s stay. I was there because of a mistake. The…
The bird in the Bear – how I miss the Cold War
The photo was taken by a foreign correspondent on patrol with the RAF. (I was at university with his son,…
All the wrong notes
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, secondly as farce. Tragedy because the first time round it shouldn’t have happened. Farce…
Ask not for whom the bell tolls
“If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less.” One of the most famous and internationally…
Not so merry Christmas, Mr. Toad.
So this is Christmas, as the Yoko Ono and John Lennon song ‘Happy Christmas (War is over)’ goes. All of…
A dangerous federation
The Embassy in Trafalgar Square in 1985. It was still flying the orange, white and blue stripes with British, Orange…
The innocents
A soft, warm wind blows down the platform and is the first sign that a train is approaching. Moments later…
The assassination of President Trump
He’s gone. Gone at last. Thank God, Almighty, we are free of him at last. You’ll have to forgive me….