Category: Film, TV & Radio

Two Principled Politicians

Have you heard of Adlai Stevenson? I’m embarrassed  that I hadn’t until I watched him being interviewed by John Freeman in a BBC TV series called Face to Face, broadcast in 1959.

Midnight Special

  Science fiction is not a genre that I dip into often but I did as a teenager. I enjoyed stories by Isaac Asimov and especially John Wyndham’s The Midwich Cuckoos (above) and The Day of the Triffids.

Speaker’s House

A while back I was fortunate to be invited by Pippa to Speaker’s House in the Palace of Westminster. Of course I was keen to take a look at the extravagant refurb. undertaken by a former Speaker, Tony-crony Derry Irvine. You may remember that he was criticised for going OTT and the bill, as usual,… Continue reading Speaker’s House

Norman Conquest

Whatever the UK electorate decides about staying in or leaving the EU, many of us in the British Isles feel a sense of identity with the Normans. Our genes, our language, our architecture, our laws can to a large extent be traced back to Norman roots.

Tom’s School Days

Something, I’ll tell you what later, triggered this memory. About twenty years ago Sarah asked me to go with her to see her godson act in his house play at Eton.

Sounds of the ’60s

Everyone can remember the first record they ever bought. I was reminded of this by a reader telling me that her’s was Lily the Pink, see London House Prices, mine was A Hard Day’s Night.