Monthly Archives: January 2011
Every picture tells a story
Norman Rockwell at Dulwich Picture Gallery Continue reading
Filed under advertising., London, Times, US politics
Rupe’s bordello
Brian Cathcart shoots and scores. Continue reading
Lend me your Lears
Derek Jacobi versus “King Lear”: a knock-out. Continue reading
Filed under education, Literature, London, Quotations, reading, schools, Shakespeare
A Wilde time
Ocar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband, London Production. Continue reading
Filed under Literature, London, politics, Quotations
Up the poll
Nobody should take any opinion poll, at any time, without more than one pinch of salt. Yet Malcolm has to note that Labour is now tracking rather better than the Tories did for all except the odd moments of the … Continue reading
Filed under Britain, Conservative Party policy., Labour Party, Lib Dems, politics, polls, ukpollingreport
The Scottish Covenant
The National Covenant. Continue reading
Filed under History, reading, Scotland, Scottish Parliament, social class, Uncategorized, underclass
All kulchered out? Overture and beginners, please!
A trailer for the subsequent postings Continue reading
No, Nick, it’s not quite the same
Rebutting Nick Robinson: a sense of historical proportion. Continue reading
Weirder still and weirder …
The wonderful wacky world that is Tory Britain. Continue reading
More GUBU
The depths of well-paid despair. Continue reading
Filed under Ireland, Irish Labour, Irish Times, sleaze.