Miscellaneous Musings

Sometimes I feel like we are living in the 1930s: we can see a crisis looming but carry on hoping it isn't going to happen, yet in my gu...

For the first time since the 1930s we have a British male Wimbledon champion. The standard of tennis has been exceptional this year and Andy...

The BBC website reports that the radical cleric Abu Qatada is expected to be deported to Jordan overnight to stand trial on terrorism charg...

The BBC website has reported that Sharia law, and its rough justice, is spreading through rebel held parts of Syria. They report on the kill...

This evening, I read that Edward Snowden , the US contractor who has leaked details of US spying activities, has (reportedly) asked for poli...

Waitrose , part of the John Lewis partnership, is one of my favourite shops. Their food quality is excellent, their no-quibble response to...

Having just read an excellent book by the BBC financial correspondent Robert Peston called "How Do We Fix This Mess?: The Economic Pr...