June, 2013

I watch my share of TV football and sometimes I find myself wishing that both teams could lose. Something of the same emotions engulfed me when I read about Charles Saatchi grabbing his wife Nigella Lawson by the throat. Could they not be both found guilty of something and put in the slammer for six […]

I watch my share of TV football and sometimes I find myself wishing that both teams could lose. Something of the same emotions engulfed me when I read about Charles Saatchi grabbing his wife Nigella Lawson by the throat. Could they not be both found guilty of something and put in the slammer for six […]

Was it just me or were those speeches by Barack and Michelle Obama  neatly constructed sets of clichés? I know it sort of spoils the party mood we’re all in but we need to face facts, and there’s no point in looking to the telly-speech-summarisers for critical commentary.  In Obama’s case, I’m not talking about […]

Was it just me or were those speeches by Barack and Michelle Obama  neatly constructed sets of clichés? I know it sort of spoils the party mood we’re all in but we need to face facts, and there’s no point in looking to the telly-speech-summarisers for critical commentary.  In Obama’s case, I’m not talking about […]

Take the best, ignore the rest….I’m at 11.45 -14.33, 17.52- 21.00, 28.50-30.50 BBC Radio 5 live – 5 live Breakfast, Your Call, 17/06/2013 http://bbc.in/1bGS3Te  Expand

Take the best, ignore the rest….I’m at 11.45 -14.33, 17.52- 21.00, 28.50-30.50 BBC Radio 5 live – 5 live Breakfast, Your Call, 17/06/2013 http://bbc.in/1bGS3Te  Expand

I’m a romantic. No, really. I  so want  Barack Obama to be the president he said he’d be. You remember how he said a  long long time ago that there were no blue states and no red states, no Republican states and no Democrat states, just the United States of America? As Mary McAleese might […]

I’m a romantic. No, really. I  so want  Barack Obama to be the president he said he’d be. You remember how he said a  long long time ago that there were no blue states and no red states, no Republican states and no Democrat states, just the United States of America? As Mary McAleese might […]

It may be that the G8 elephant will go into labour for three days only to produce a mouse. Or (less likely but possible) it may produce some agreement that will make the world a fairer place. But either way we know one thing: it will be a pain-free labour.  The world’s leaders will have […]

It may be that the G8 elephant will go into labour for three days only to produce a mouse. Or (less likely but possible) it may produce some agreement that will make the world a fairer place. But either way we know one thing: it will be a pain-free labour.  The world’s leaders will have […]