The death of a newspaper, even one of Rupert Murdoch’s tawdry rags, is always a sad occasion. What people often say at the funerals of…
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My late father was an avid reader of the News of the World, the British Sunday tabloid currently making headlines in a phone-hacking scandal. “I…
I hereby extend to all my American friends my very best wishes on this Fourth of July holiday. Sadly, I have not received a single greeting…
A television commentator in America named Mark Halperin is in trouble for saying, on a morning chat show called Morning Joe, that President Obama behaved…
Today’s Daily Telegraph was rich in stories of the-world-is-going-mad genre. Here are three of my favourites. A snake lover in Nottingham has died of a…
Now that the annual extravaganza at the All England Club is underway, commentators in various other fields will, no doubt, be reaching for excuses to…
Finally, after months and months of anguished deliberation, the people remaking that much loved British war classic, The Dam Busters, have come up with a…
The English are a tolerant people, slow to anger and even slower to express it. It has been said that the English acquired the knack…
I read in a newspaper today that FIFA, the scandal-ridden international football body, has an ethics committee. What on earth does it do? Also in…
Philip, As Usual, Says Nothing The Duke of Edinburgh gave two television interviews last week, reluctant concessions to the medium to mark his 90th birthday,…