State Funeral for Mrs Thatcher?
Alzheimer’s Disease is a terrible affliction, and I wouldn’t wish it upon anyone. The sight of eighty-seven year-old Margaret Thatcher…
Alzheimer’s Disease is a terrible affliction, and I wouldn’t wish it upon anyone. The sight of eighty-seven year-old Margaret Thatcher…
My momentous first day at UEA was spoiled somewhat by getting caught speeding en-route from Hertfordshire to Norwich, and to…
The above image shows London’s ‘old’ Royal Exchange, which was destroyed by fire in 1838. It is the second of…
Once again I find it necessary to apologize for failing to post any updates to Beyond 1984 since last July….
I laughed out loud when I read the other day that 1980s Conservative back-benchers had the nickname ‘Daggers’ for their…
There is an article in today’s Times resulting from a letter to the paper from the celebrity chefs Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall…
The lambasting of HSBC by the US Senate Sub-committee on Investigations drives yet another nail into the coffin of the…
Orwell Trivia No.2 As a director of the renowned publishers Faber & Faber, T S Eliot was regarded as ‘a…
No.1 in a series of posts on Orwell trivia. “George Orwell came into being on Thursday 8 January 1933, the…
According to Orwell’s diaries (as edited by Peter Davison), he spent the early part of July 1942 in Worcestershire while…