It happens every time some senior figure of the Roman Catholic Church attacks the government for oppressing the poor: the radio call-in stations and other…

M has received many a get-well-soon message after her recent hip surgery, but the following, from John Hull, is my favourite:   MESSAGE:   “Hi.…

To some political commentators Britain’s impotence in the face of Russian aggression is regarded as a humiliation.   Why?  Britain’s global power pretensions have been laid…

The event of the weekend, at least in ornithological terms, was the marvellous sight of a kingfisher in our back garden.  These birds are rarely…

A number of readers, mostly overseas, have written to ask why I haven’t yet been sufficiently motivated to comment on Scotland’s desire for independence.  I…

Britain historically has been the most war-mongering nation on earth, as the Guardian newspaper reminds us today. Not one year in the past one hundred…

“Thou shalt not make fun of colleagues” is not one of the Ten Commandments, but a former police constable in Gwent apparently thinks it ought…