Monthly Archives: June 2026

I remember seeing at a football match – it was probably a West Ham game; if so it was very apt – a huge banner unfurled in one of the stands, reading: ‘FOOTBALL: CREATED BY WORKERS, STOLEN BY CAPITALISTS.’ (Or … Continue reading →

We’ve seen this in Britain, haven’t we: so-called ‘anti-semitism’ being ‘weaponised’ against Leftists, dishonestly, by the Right-wing media? In Britain’s case it was Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party that was targeted in 2015-19, to damaging electoral effect. I’m sorry to say … Continue reading →

Cage-fighting seems an odd way to celebrate the USA’s 250 years of independence. And displayed on the South Lawn of the venerable and much respected White House, it seems almost irreligious. I have to say I knew very little about … Continue reading →

Most people professing a religion have been born into it. That makes it less a matter of choice for them than of accident. For others it may be a question of compulsion, enforced by theocratic states. For all of these, … Continue reading →

Friends have been very considerate to me about West Ham United’s relegation last week. They know how devoted I was to the club. Thank you all. But in fact I’m not half so upset as I would have been if … Continue reading →

It’s not only Americans who are obsessed just now – understandably in their case – with Donald J Trump. In the bits of Europe I live in he’s hardly ever out of the news. The same must be true in … Continue reading →

When the ideology of the ‘free market’ first appeared on the political scene in early 19th century Britain, the main objection made to it there was that it was immoral. If everything was left to the ‘market’, then it drove … Continue reading →

One of the things that President Trump is known for is his lack of artistic taste. Of course it’s considered élitist and snobbish to draw attention to this, which is why so few of his critics do. But it’s difficult … Continue reading →