Ms Micawber?
In April 2020 Sir Keir Starmer became Leader of the UK’s Labour Party and leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition. That means that, in...
top of page
Sign-up to receive Only Connect every four weeks and get notified when new articles are posted.
Eric Boa
6 min read
Mushroom Diplomacy
Japan, South Korea and North Korea share a troubled history. Japan’s colonial era and subsequent treatment of its occupied countries left...
170 views
Michael Carberry
6 min read
All the History You Ever Needed
What does a prolific author and television presenter of popular histories, biographies, novels and children’s books but who has also...
20 views
Dr. Mark Nicholson
5 min read
Am I a tourist?
My immediate reaction to that question is “certainly not” or at least “I hope not”. I had to search online for a definition of the word...
67 views
Michael Carberry
12 min read
Immigration: we need to stop the racist rhetoric.
The article by my fellow contributor, Lynda Goetz, in last month’s Only Connect, entitled "We MUST reduce immigration...
81 views
Stoker
5 min read
Straw Houses - will Angela succeed where so many have failed before her?
Modern housing has finally caught up with the Three Little Pigs; by the wonders of modern technology you can have your new mass-produced...
25 views
Richard Pooley
5 min read
Spare me the Organ Recital
Deep breath. I’m about to offend what few friends I have left. I have recently made a new entry into my list of conversational pet hates...
114 views
Richard Pooley
9 min read
“The most successful campaign in British political history”*?
Crying and yawning are infectious. We Liberal Democrats in the vast hall at the Bath & West showground in Somerset were doing both at...
102 views
Lynda Goetz
7 min read
We MUST reduce immigration... and focus on integration.
“My grandfather was Hungarian”. Not such a loaded statement as, “My father was a toolmaker”, and although I may have said it before...
60 views
Stoker
5 min read
The Madness of Crowds
The late Queen of the United Kingdom – not just England, please – was a mistress of the perceptive remark. One reliably attributed to...
41 views
bottom of page