Toy box
Guns. 80,000 of them are being handed out to citizens of the Ukraine over the last few days. AK-47s (oh,…
Mid-winters eve – the festival of Montol
Today is the shortest day of the year. The winter solstice. It goes unremarked in most places, but not at…
The ambition of a brick
This post is dedicated to Richard Rogers, the Labour peer and world famous architect, who died yesterday aged 88. The…
the caffeinated life – part two
Caffeine was a ticket to ride. We were invited all over the world to work. And when we travelled and…
the caffeinated life – part one
My Caffeine was always intended to be the business equivalent of ancient Sparta. The city state was renowned for its…
The fire in your mad heart
As he opened the trunk of the battered old mustard yellow Merc, you could feel the heat escape from the…
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…
We don’t burn old boys
Bonfire Night is, for me, the most exciting of nights. Bigger than Christmas Eve or Halloween or Easter or any…
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,…