This Thing of Darkness

I have never been to South America but Sophie went for a couple of months in the summer.

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Categorised as Literature

I’m in the Ejector Seat

GEC shares under the prudent stewardship of Lord Weinstock were a nice little earner for me.

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Categorised as Business

Plum Pudding

The P G Wodehouse Society (UK) celebrates his life and works – it may be the largest literary society in England with about 1,100 members in the UK and overseas.

Flag-flying News

The College of Arms keeps us informed of the correct flag-flying protocols.

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Categorised as Politics

Walking to Rome

This is Francis Plowden’s debut album. I hope you heard Lockdown Blues yesterday. He is a natural successor to Lance Percival whose improvised satirical calypsos were favourites of mine.

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Categorised as Family, Music

Lockdown Blues

“Fat buffoon, in power at last, do we deserve this tragic farce?“

Wine to Water

I started drinking seriously half a century ago (1973) when I was posted to Belize in the Irish Guards.

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Categorised as Psychology

Happy Birthday Princess

Your royal correspondent was on the streets of Madrid today to watch Princess Leonor being sworn in as the heir presumptive to the Spanish throne on her 18th birthday.

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Categorised as Travel