Category Archives for Journalism
Meeting The Young Marshal
Tweet Published in High Life magazine May 1998 An elderly Chinese gentleman and his wife, both in wheelchairs, are leaving the morning service at a Protestant church in Honolulu, Hawaii. The woman is still beautiful and elegant. Her husband, behind … Continue reading
What has the ICC done for Afghanistan’s women cricketers?
Tweet As Afghanistan’s men rightly celebrate their achievements in the World Cup there are questions for the International Cricket Council about its women. My letter below, repeated twice, unanswered thrice. Media officeInternational Cricket Council I am a British author and … Continue reading
Hands Off Private Eye!
Tweet David Wolfe Esq QC Chair Press Recognition Panel 17 October 2018 Dear Mr Wolfe, I would be grateful if you could confirm, clarify or deny the report in Private Eye that the Panel intends to carry out “a high-level … Continue reading
The future lies ahead… the best and worst to expect in 2017
Tweet January Holiday misery as mild weather causes severe disruption to emergency arrangements for transport. Severe delays on roads caused by need to remove stockpiled salt and grit. Prime Minister’s New Year message is redacted to one word “New” on … Continue reading
The Young Marshal
Tweet The most fascinating historic person I ever met. Profile published in High Life magazine May 1998, then updated. Have used old spellings, still more familiar, apart from city of Xian, formerly Sian An elderly Chinese gentleman and his wife, … Continue reading
Austria v Hungary: which football team should a Habsburg support?
Tweet Austria play Hungary in the European football championships today (June 14), There is a capital story about an earlier such encounter, featuring Otto von Habsburg, former heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, also an MEP for 20 years, who died … Continue reading
REMAIN: From those wonderful folks who brought you the Iraq war
Tweet A slightly shorter version of this was published in www.politics.co.uk on May 26, 2016 This version has all the origninal zingers. The Leave campaign has conclusively lost the opening battles of the EU referendum. It now has a bare … Continue reading
Sharing A Life With Mr Healey
Tweet Published in the Observer May 8, 1983 My day begins by reading the Man’s mail. It starts with five lunatics and Labour’s National Executive. A box of slides. Letters of anguish: five people want the Man to save the … Continue reading
Tony Blair was the Basil Fawlty of British politics
Tweet Letter published in Sunday Times September 20, 2015 It was gracious of Peter Mandelson to admit that New Labour bears some responsibility for Jeremy Corbyn’s victory. [His article September 13, “I’m partly to blame for this mess but let’s … Continue reading
YP Cameron must end farce over Iraq war inquiry
Tweet Published in the Yorkshire Post 23 June 2014 As the third Iraq war rages, the British people have been denied the right to read the report of the Chilcot inquiry on the second, eleven years ago. The delay has … Continue reading