Monthly Archives: September 2023

Rory Stewart – ex-Conservative MP (one of the decent ones) and also an Old Etonian (ditto) – writes this in his recent memoir, Politics on the Edge. ‘Campaigning back in Cumbria, I began to notice that if a house was … Continue reading →

I must say I’m highly suspicious of this recent – albeit mild – fuss about Chinese espionage at the heart of UK government. In the first place, all countries ‘spy’ on each other, in one way or another, and always … Continue reading →

My work on the late Victorian origins of the London Metropolitan Police Special Branch (The Origins of the Vigilant State, 1987) obviously familiarised me with the ‘Whitechapel Murders’, but not to any great depth, as ‘Jack the Ripper’ was the … Continue reading →

Another long silence from me. Sorry. Medical again. I think the Creator was distracted when s/he designed the prostate. (It must have been a She, I think. Women don’t have them. And it probably serves us males right.) In the … Continue reading →