Lord Mayor’s Show

It rained yesterday morning in London. Derek, who came to clean the windows, got drenched. Last time he came we worried about Brexit and this time about Trump.

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Remembrance Day

I don’t have a Remembrance Day routine. Last year I went to the SOE memorial to Violette Szabo on the Thames (Alms for Oblivion). This year I went to Hammersmith post office to collect a parcel.

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A Drop of Irish

Marigold Armitage is perched on the top shelf of my fiction section between Martin Amis and Daisy Ashford. If you don’t know her books you will certainly be aware of her genre.

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Daytime TV

You don’t watch daytime TV do you? That would be Pointless and show you up as an Egghead. Allow me to digress …

Air Accidents

Last week Charles Woodruff mentioned Reginald Warneford’s grave in Brompton Cemetery. This week on a crisp, sunny morning I set off in search of it.

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The Importance of …

The US election today is more than a two horse race. Guest blogger Edward (Ned) York explains what is at stake and what the implications are.

A Soldiers’ Song

The first time I came to Wexford was in 2005, the last season in the Theatre Royal before the new opera house was built. The Theatre Royal had been a cinema. It had a narrow auditorium with a balcony reached by a narrow staircase.

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US Election Update

Five months ago (Donald Trump Lives on a High Floor with a Low Ceiling) guest blogger, Edward (Ned) York explained why he thought Hilary Clinton would win. Let’s see how the candidates are doing and if he has changed his mind – over to you, Ned.

Wexford Opera

Wexford weather can be a bit chancy but this weekend the sky is blue and the Irish Sea sparkling.  John Barry stands, sword in hand, looking out to sea, not the composer of music for James Bond films, but Wexford born John Barry who was a founder of the United States navy. Behind him the… Continue reading Wexford Opera

Don’t Sleep in the Subway

Oil is not above $75, the Labour party has not split and Don Cossack did not win The King George VI Chase at Kempton Park – all predictions made here – but I was right about something.