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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.

Earl’s Court

What memories does the Earl’s Court exhibition centre hold for you? Andrew took me to the Royal Tournament, Richard was a regular attender at the Boat Show and, once, to an opera when he was feeling distinctly ill. I think it was Turandot. Well, it is no more.

The Carpetbaggers

The Carpetbaggers, you may remember, is a best seller by Harold Robbins published in 1961, principally famous for its salacious sex content. This post won’t have any of that.

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Denning Report

At this time of year I think of Lord Denning, the eminent lawyer and judge.

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Me, EU and a Drive in the Park

I expected both sides in the EU Referendum campaign to spout gushers of obfuscation and inaccuracy. I have not been disappointed.

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Belize Revisited

“I pray thee, Rosalind, sweet my coz, be merry” (As You Like It) and she was when we met in a bar near Embankment station.

History Isn’t Always Bunk

History often has something to teach us; it’s a matter of opening it at the right page. The up-coming UK referendum about membership of the EU is dividing the country; husband against wife, father against son, step-father against step-daughter.

A Delicious Paradox

There have been forty-six in Switzerland in the last five years. Since 1971, forty-five years ago, there have been three hundred and seventy-six. You know what I’m on about; the Swiss penchant for putting everything to a referendum.

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