Intractable problems invariably offer the challenge of reconciling two opposites. of squaring the circle. Usually they don’t just go...

And it is also 50 years ago, again virtually to the day, when I first made contact with Joseph Heller’s eponymous novel, Catch 22. Phil...

Well, it’s that time of the year again. “Royaume-Uni, nul points!” I have to confess that I will not be joining the 186 millions of you...

We are witnessing an entire country in freefall in which nine out of ten people cannot afford their daily food and where health care has...

"Resume your seat! Resume your seat, young man!" For a moment I thought Sergeant at Arms would have to frogmarch Ian Blackford out of...

My annual battle with ground elder has now resumed. It’s not that ground elder is in any way harmful or even ugly: it just takes over. ...

So its seems that not only will I be paid by the Church of England, I could be banking with the CofE as well! The financial press is...