Category: Politics

Ginger & Pickles

The Tale of Ginger & Pickles by Beatrix Potter is an indispensable Economics text book. The late Duchess of Devonshire thought so and I concur. It is our misfortune that our Chancellors of the Exchequer have either not read it or ignored its message.

The Schartz-Metterklume Method

It is inevitable when thinking about World War One and the Battle of the Somme (where my Bellew grandfather was seriously wounded) to be confronted by a roll call of the dead. Memorials to the fallen are ubiquitous and rightly so. 

The Peasants’ Revolt

I give you a daily blast of hot air and you respond with cogent comments, so it’s good that there are more comments than posts. I’d like to remind you of a prescient comment made by reader, John.

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£48.79

We are going to hear a lot about trade tariffs. For now,  I just have this contribution to the debate.

Black Hole

I confess, I was in shock on Friday morning. Now I can see clearly at least one consequence of Brexit which is unavoidable.

Bonjour Tristesse

The title of Françoise Sagan’s debut 1954 novel seems appropriate today.

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Viva España

In this seemingly endless EU referendum debate there is one thing that has not, I think, been mentioned and it is crucial.

Are you in the Picture?

Here is a family snap I took at Barmeath in 1963. It says a great deal about my skill as a group portrait photographer. I must have been incredibly slow and fiddled with the camera a lot to have elicited such expressions of fierce concentration.

Travelling Back in Time

  The London tube map no longer has Heathrow Terminal 1. I was surprised as I’d forgotten that it closed last June. From 1968 – 1972 I used it at least six times a year, so remember it pretty well in its early days; it opened in 1968.