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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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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

The Shooting Party

It may, or possibly may not, interest you to hear about my experience backing Zac in his London mayoral campaign and I had intended to kick off by saying that I’d never done anything like this before, until I remembered…