What a climatically mad, and maddening, country is Britain. Last Sunday I watched cricket at Lord’s dressed in sweater and anorak, and was still chilled…
John Jessop Posts
With one banking scandal or controversy hitting the papers almost daily, how amusing it is to reflect on the various words and phrases derived from…
My republican and other left-leaning friends will be aghast to learn that I went to London yesterday to watch the Jubilee river pageant. Am I…
What hope is there for the coming generation when the teachers of the present one are losing their marbles? A Member of Parliament is calling…
It’s about bloody time. Shareholders of major public companies, I understand, are finally questioning, and protesting, the excessive pay packages of their senior executives. I…
“Don’t know why, there’s no sun up in the sky, stormy weather, it’s rainin’ all the time ….” So sang …. But who cares who…
The wedding, by common consent, was a triumph – from the sublime church service to the sumptuous reception. If there were cock-ups, they were minor…
When did you last call your bank? I was obliged to call mine yesterday afternoon, a marathon conversation that left me irritated and resentful. If…
Charles Colson has died. Now then, who can say what he did to merit being remembered? The newspaper obituaries tell us, of course, but…
The countdown begins. It’s now less than three weeks to the wedding of Sara, my only child, and George, her partner of many years. I…