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The second half of my ‘reading for pleasure’ list of 2017. Detective fiction, and particularly, historical detective fiction is a guilty pleasure of mine – I blame discovering Sherlock Holmes in my early years, as well as Sexton Blake and Jack … Continue reading
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…. but possibly more divided than ever. The Catalan regional election of 21st December has not resolved the situation in Catalonia. The Cuidadanos or Citizens Party (unionist) of the centre right was the highest polling party in terms of votes … Continue reading
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As promised on Saturday here is part one of my list of books which I have read and enjoyed this year. Some are new and first time of reading, others older and re-reads, but I can recommend all of them. … Continue reading
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December has always been a month of festivals, ancient and modern. In Europe the Romans alone had nine different ones¹, the most famous of which was, I suppose, Saturnalia (17th to the 23rd of Decembris). In the Hebrew calendar there … Continue reading
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If Mrs Merton did tax and Brexit….
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If the late Caroline Ahearne’s comic creation, Mrs Merton, were to ask a few questions of some of those folk so anxious that the UK leave the EU quickly, might they approximate to those below? “So, billionaire newspaper-owning non-UK domiciled … Continue reading →
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