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 in the midst…
Not So Big Bother!
My momentous first day at UEA was spoiled somewhat by getting caught speeding en-route from Hertfordshire to Norwich, and to rub salt in…
London’s Royal Exchange
The above image shows London’s ‘old’ Royal Exchange, which was destroyed by fire in 1838. It is the second of three Royal Exchange…
Norfolk and Orwell
Once again I find it necessary to apologize for failing to post any updates to Beyond 1984 since last July. The reason for…
Margaret Thatcher – Three Stops Past Barking
I laughed out loud when I read the other day that 1980s Conservative back-benchers had the nickname ‘Daggers’ for their illustrious leader Maggie,…
Dairy Industry Threatened – What’s New?
There is an article in today’s Times resulting from a letter to the paper from the celebrity chefs Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Jamie Oliver…
The Death of Thatcherism
The lambasting of HSBC by the US Senate Sub-committee on Investigations drives yet another nail into the coffin of the already discredited UK…
Orwell’s Rejection by T S Eliot
Orwell Trivia No.2 As a director of the renowned publishers Faber & Faber, T S Eliot was regarded as ‘a safe pair of…
The “Birth’ of George Orwell
No.1 in a series of posts on Orwell trivia. “George Orwell came into being on Thursday 8 January 1933, the official publication day…
Writer Orwell – Seventy Years Ago Today
According to Orwell’s diaries (as edited by Peter Davison), he spent the early part of July 1942 in Worcestershire while on a week’s…