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Our poor deluded MPs

2023-03-31T16:51:51+01:00

They say that death and taxes are the only certainties in life. But I would add a couple more things to that list. ‘French rioting’ is one. And ‘MPs getting

Our poor deluded MPs2023-03-31T16:51:51+01:00

mily Dickinson’s Bowl of Gemstones

2023-03-31T16:53:19+01:00

For most of her life, the great American poet lived a life of solitude in Massachusetts. It was only after she died, at the age of 55, that the world

mily Dickinson’s Bowl of Gemstones2023-03-31T16:53:19+01:00

The joke is on America

2023-03-24T13:51:19+00:00

I was brought up on Dan Quayle jokes. You know the ones – like the gag that the then vice-president had turned up in Latin America and apologised for not

The joke is on America2023-03-24T13:51:19+00:00

The Last Words of a Doomed Poet

2023-03-24T13:46:47+00:00

I mentioned before that poetry seems to arise in situations of extremes. And that the quantity of poetry that a person pours out need not necessarily determine the size or

The Last Words of a Doomed Poet2023-03-24T13:46:47+00:00

The overuse and abuse of ‘fascism’

2023-03-17T13:43:18+00:00

I do not care to hear the views of a retired footballer or crisp-seller on the matter of immigration. Nor do I wish to hear the views of such a

The overuse and abuse of ‘fascism’2023-03-17T13:43:18+00:00