Article: I Was At School With Steve Bray I was at junior school with Steve Bray. Steve was smart but rebellious. He looked at the rest of us like we were dunces when our teacher asked if anyone
A 99 with that? Today is my Dad Edward's 99th birthday. In the old days on the ice cream vans, he would cheekily ask his customers whether they wanted a 99 with that, or
The Power of Love - how Johnson hijacked our affection for the NHS "The boss", as his sycophant colleagues insist on calling him, is back. Like a caped crusader, recovered from a brush with kryptonite. Physically weakened, perhaps, but with new, heroic resolve
Eleven Days In March This article also appears in The New Statesman. Ask a scientist or a mathematician, as I have done, what those eleven fateful days in March cost us. You won't like
Now Is Not The Time Why aren't the British people furious? As we sit sheepishly indoors, in fear, for ourselves and our loved ones - and, increasingly, in mourning - with no realistic prospect of
From the dark end of the street ... to the bright side of the road. This article has also appeared in The Observer and The Daily Telegraph. IWeek of 9th March, 2020 My symptoms were almost
Truly Massively Aggressively It's that time again. Charter Renewal. It happens every ten years, but this time the government is openly hostile to the BBC. So get ready for a blitz on the
