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What is it with me and Brahms? I first came to him via those French Nouvelle Vague films of the 1950s and early ’60s, nearly all of which had Brahms playing in the background. One, I seem to remember, was … Continue reading →

I’ve just turned 81. That’s well past my sell-by date, I reckon, and indeed a bit of a bonus in view of the various afflictions that have hit me over the years: nothing really serious, but two or three of … Continue reading →

If you saw these pics on a poster outside a cinema, you’d know what sort of movie you were in for, wouldn’t you? PS (for those who may not have recognised them, like the Facebook editor who declined the post … Continue reading →

The depth of the present British government’s descent into lies, treachery, corruption, ignorance, clownishness, rank amorality and total discredit is difficult for us innocent children of the sunny (if only in black-and-white) post-war years to fully grasp. In the 1950s … Continue reading →

Do they really believe it? That Starmer was responsible for getting Jimmy Savile off? I wouldn’t be surprised if some of their voters do. After all, in America they fell for a similar slur about Hilary Clinton – running a … Continue reading →

This is an early sketch of a piece I hope to place in the press just before my new book comes out. ‘If people are not proud to be British, or of our flag or Queen, they do not have … Continue reading →

Read, mark, learn and get angry. https://eand.co/the-idiot-who-ruined-britain-a62542447f92

I wonder whether the current nightmare the British are suffering under Boris will get them any closer to the abolition of his ‘Public’ school, and of the rest of them? It certainly ought to. As a result of the inanities … Continue reading →

Another dead cat! And the biggest and deadest so far. Not that I’m disputing that there’s a dangerous crisis emerging on the Russia-Ukraine border; but Boris is obviously using it just now to divert attention from his own problems, which … Continue reading →

Proof reading. The most boring of all literary activities, but thankfully finished yesterday, and the corrections sent in. So now I can’t add or change anything; which is a huge relief, even though I know that ideas will keep coming … Continue reading →