"You’re Telling Me?" Election Day Blues for the Tories
“I have not voted for you lot.” the young woman said, jabbing her index finger into the blue rosette pinned to the chest of the man...
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Stoker
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The Wild Rover - 75 years old, but stuck in the mud?
In 1947 Maurice Wilkes invited his brother Spencer to spend a weekend on his farm on Anglesey, an island off the Welsh coast...
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Vincent Guy
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Believe it or not
Walking across Edinburgh’s Waverley Station, I happen to be following a man carrying a holdall with a big logo on it announcing “Crusaders”.
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Richard Pooley
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France: “A paradise inhabited by people who think they're in hell”
How we sniggered, my wife and I. Before we had even bought our house in the village of Vayrac in the Lot Department in south-west France...
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Dr. Jehad Al-Omari
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The Marzipan Trail
A few days ago, I was invited to a Ramadan Sohoor gathering by one of my vendors along with almost one hundred other guests. As is...
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Lynda Goetz
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No Doctors, No UK Health Service - “Our (Broken) NHS”
My daughter is British and a junior doctor. She is not on strike. She is working in New Zealand. She went for various reasons, intending...
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Michael Carberry
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The Changing Face of Britain
In her article in last month’s Only Connect - Unrepresentative Ads - Is this really how the UK looks today? - my fellow contributor...
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Stoker
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The Name’s Fleming - An Overlooked Anniversary
13th April 2023 was a day sadly overlooked, perhaps in the “excitement” of the lead-up to the coronation, set fair to be the dullest...
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Vincent Guy
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Well, What a Coincidence
I’m swimming in the beautiful Bay of Stivari on the Greek isle of Andros. My companion, Kalliopi, has just climbed out of the water onto...
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Dr. Mark Nicholson
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A Pattern of Islands – Britain’s Shame
I had an evening alone the other day while my youngest two were living it up in Nairobi while my wife was searching for them...
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