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Whose news is it anyway?

In these strange times there are moments when you find yourself shaking your head wondering just what the hell is going on. My son is currently staying with me and scarcely a day goes by when, reacting to the latest news from the United States about the antics of Donald Trump, he doesn’t comment [...]

August 17, 2017 // 0 Comments

The media merry-go-round – is it reporting or creating?

My subject today springs from the recent media story about the thirty-something male jogger who was allegedly caught on CCTV on Putney Bridge pushing a female pedestrian into the road, whereupon she appeared to have been saved from serious injury, if not death, by the instinctive action of a [...]

August 14, 2017 // 0 Comments

When one door shuts another opens

Am I alone in thinking that this week’s news, courtesy of the Institute of Economic Affairs who should know a bit about such things, that – far from worrying about the costs of setting up and delivering comprehensive NHS treatments for all our friends who smoke, drink and eat far too much, as [...]

August 8, 2017 // 0 Comments

A storm in a tea cup?

Today a brief comment upon the current media furore arising in advance of the forthcoming Channel Four programme alleged to feature taped conversations between Diana, Princess of Wales, and her voice coach Peter Settelen. As I awoke overnight I happened to catch a phone-in section of the Stephen [...]

July 31, 2017 // 0 Comments

Hands up anyone who’s worth a hill of beans

Like most people I came across yesterday, I was fascinated to learn the details of ‘who gets what’ when the BBC published (in bands) the salaries of its presenters and actors who earn 150,000 pounds sterling or more and yet at the same time I also had misgivings about the disclosures. The first [...]

July 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

Beliefs and practicalities

The unexpected resignation of Tim Farron as leader of the Lib-Dems last night is a development worthy of being remarked upon because it brings into sharp focus the eternal inner dilemmas that can sometimes face members of the political class – I’m talking about the potential inconsistencies, [...]

June 15, 2017 // 0 Comments

How we got to here

There is a certain irony – and perhaps sympathy to be extended – whenever the ‘house-of-cards’ edifice of someone’s life collapses, all the more so when this happens in an unforgiving front-of-stage spotlight of public gaze and media comment. As I beheld the weekend’s newspaper and [...]

June 12, 2017 // 0 Comments

A major incident

Last night I settled in to watch the BT Sports coverage of the semi-finals of the America’s Cup challengers’ tournament, which will decide the team that eventually goes head-to-head with Oracle Team USA in the America’s Cup proper. I did this at about 7.15pm – about an hour [...]

June 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

Stumbling towards the finish line

One day to go to Polling Day and it is hard not to conclude that the official duration of a General Election campaign in the UK [is it six weeks?] is the absolute maximum that any sane individual can possible stomach. It’s a coin toss as to whether the political class regards an election campaign [...]

June 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

A worthy charity event

It happens in all professions – I’m thinking of a put-upon hotel manager who has to deal with the wacky demands of some jumped-up celebrity diva, a lawyer representing a client who’s denying everything despite his fingerprints being all over the stolen silverware, a head waiter facing Rust [...]

June 5, 2017 // 0 Comments

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