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• 'It Was the Best of America, It Was the Worst of America'

  Sorry to bang on about poor, old America - yet again! - but I do like the place even if it strains my patience at times. Down below I bemoaned what I saw as a... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• In Which, Very Nervously, I Disagree with Simon Russell Beale

  Well, you'd be nervous if you took on the pre-eminent Shakespearean actor of the age, to say nothing of his current director, the equally eminent, Sam Mendes.... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Is War Becoming Impossible?

  My question concerns war between the major powers rather than localised punch-ups between the natives, so to speak. Nuclear weapons have certainly damped down... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• I Think 'The Kraut' is Nicking My Copy!

  Well, no sooner do I post up some carefully composed hastily scribbled thoughts on what I perceive, from 'over here', to be the inherent and increasing dangers... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Spare a Thought for Andra

  As you may have noticed down in a comment thread below, my very good e-friend, Andra, is facing a cyclone in northern Australia where she lives. According to a... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• There Are Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics and Chinese Statistics!

  For some time now I have taken the view that you can trust Chinese statistics, along with Chinese commercial propriety, about as far as you could throw them if... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Let's Hope That Javid Makes Them Jump!

  You see, that's all it takes, a favourable mention in these very distinguished columns and you're made! Only the Sunday before last I wrote favourably of Mr. Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• In Which I Both Fear, and Fear For, America

  Regular readers will know that by and large, all in all, on this hand or that hand, taken in the round (oh, get on with it! Ed.) I am an ardent fan of America.... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Little Fat Piglet Trots off to the Slaughterhouse

  So finally she goes! Snorting and snuffling and aided with a good few kicks and whacks from the scrofulous hacks of Fleet Street, Ms. Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• So, Martin McGuinness, Was All the Murder, Maiming and Torturing Worth It?

  

  Today, Martin McGuinness smiles, or perhaps smirks is a better word, as he awaits his turn to shake hands with the Queen and I hope he has the grace to wipe... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Damn! Just Missed Yet Another Qualification!

  As you will have gathered, or guessed, if you are a regular reader of this blog, I am not exactly over-endowed - no, no, I don't mean that - behave! - I mean... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Some Slight Adjustments to My Funeral

  Yes, indeed, I have already warned family and friends that my funeral service, as designed and directed by me, will be somewhat longer than King Lear but with... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• My Monday Funnies: 7.4.14

  Sorry about my absence yesterday due to a somewhat hectic weekend. Anyway, in a rapidly changing world it is nice to see this Monday has dawned with mist and... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• This Miss Piggy Went to Market and . . .

  

  . . . helped herself to £40k of my dosh! Yes, well, it was your dosh as well but I do like to personalise these things because it helps stoke the fires of... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• In Which I Have Gone Down with Election Fever!

  Yes, indeed, and not just the next European election but also the one after that, the general election. It's all much more interesting than today's Grand... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• 'They Seek Him Here, They Seek Him There, They Seek That 'Garbo' Everywhere'

  This is the second time 'Garbo' has appeared in these distinguished columns, I first wrote about him three years ago and it is entirely right, proper and fittin... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Not So Much 'Vlad the Impaler', More Like 'Putin the Plonker'

  Last week Owen Matthews in The Spectator(*) - where else? - provided us all with a very different slant on Vlad's apparent triumph in the Crimea. In brief,... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Farage Thumps Clegg - and Left-hooks Miliband

  So the second debate between Farage and Clegg ended up with an even bigger win for Farage than last week! Of course, in a sense it was the 'lightweight' bout... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• "This Scept'red Isle"

  Before I begin let me make clear that what follows is a set of commonplaces without originality, indeed, although they are in praise of England I am happy to... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Bile in the Blogosphere? Surely Not, Doctor!

  

  I stand, or perhaps , quiver is a better word, in the implied criticism of the good Doctor 'Theodore Dalrymple' who in Taki's Mag shakes a stern finger of rebuk... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY