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• "Went the Day Well?" Part II

  My previous post, I suppose, simply pointed up the 'bleedin' obvious' that 200 years ago the world, and this small Island, were very, very different entities. Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• "Went the Day Well?" Part I

  Went the day well? We died and never knew. But, well or ill, Freedom, we died for you. Written by John Maxwell Edwards (1875-1958) who also penned the... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• "My Eyes Are Dim I Cannot See ..."

  So, no, I haven't a clue as to how the 21st century is going to work out except that there will be tears before bedtime - there always are! Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• End of Days

  

  It's all over! Yes, I know you realise it is but it's still amazing how the memory lingers on and leads some poor fools to imagine that it can, in some way, be... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• This is Why 'Jihadi John' Dribbles at the Mouth with Rage

  

  As I was driving to the swimming pool at 6.30 this morning - have I mentioned that I go five mornings a week? - Oh! Right! Boring, am I? Shan't say another word... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Excuse Me, Mrs.Clinton, but Your Slip is Showing

  No, no, Ma'am, I'm not referring to your underwear, I'm talking about the slip in your political popularity. Last year it must have looked like a shoo-in, such ... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funnies: 9.3.15

  Yes, yes, I heard you all from here, moaning and groaning round the coffee machine because your Monday Funnies hadn't appeared on time and wondering how you... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• This is the Man We Should Be Aiding

  

  I posted a few weeks ago on the extraordinary courage of the President of Egypt, Al-Sisi, when on the 1st January he attended a meeting of Muslim religious... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• "What's It All About, Alfie?"

  I take my title from the famous 1960s song but it would do as the heading to Janet Daley's column in today's Telegraph which asks, rather plaintively, "Does... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Four Fs in Action

  I'm sure I have mentioned before that my garden is the size of a postage stamp - thank God! - and that most of it is taken up by a patio - well, I'm not daft! Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• "There Ain't No Way to Hide Your Lyin' Eyes"

  My title comes from the lyrics of a song by some group or other called, er, 'The Eagles', and no, me neither! However, it is a rather good line and fits... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• This Post is X-rated

  

  By which I mean that this post is not for 'kiddie-winkies' or those of a nervous disposition, and this blog refuses all responsibility if, after viewing, you... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• "I'm All Right Jack"

  

  For the benefit of my non-Brit readers, or even my Brit readers if you are under 50 years of age, I'm All Right Jack was a very successful film made in 1959... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• In Which I Give Up!

  Now, now, don't start popping the champers, I don't mean that I am giving up blogging, oh dear me, no, I'm much too much of an old bore to do that, all I mean i... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Much Ado About Nothing: Dir.Christopher Luscombe

  Last night I went to my cinema complex to see the 'simulcast' of Much Ado About Nothing which the RSC insist on calling Love's Labours Won. Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Pros and Ams

  No, you will be grateful to hear, I am not wittering on again about the world of professional and amateur 'luvvies'. The 'pros' and 'ams' I am concerned with... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Pell Mell in the Mall

  Well, actually it wasn't at all "pell mell"; being a Monday it was rather quiet but we did have a day in a shopping mall - an enormous one although my American... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funnies; 2.3.15

  I am out and about for most of the day so I am providing you all with extra 'rations'. Also, to be honest, I have so many 'Funnies' clogging up my In-box (I'm... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• But Can You Blame Them?

  I have reached about halfway into Prof. MacMillan's superb history of the Versailles peace-makers after WWI and their deeply flawed conclusions. Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• So, Huffing and Puffing Aside, What Do We Do Next?

  Before reading my uninformed guesswork it would be best if you began by reading Fraser Nelson's very shrewd assessment of Putin's 21st century geo-political... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2015 HUMOR, SOCIETY