Very briefly, because I have already written about it, today’s media is obsessing on one subject and one subject only. The resignation of Theresa May and the small army of ambitious Tories who are in an unseemly race to...

Theresa May’s forced departure from 10 Downing Street saw her shed some tears. Only someone with a heart of stone could not feel at least a little sympathy for the poor woman who was only doing her best, right? I can...

If it wasn’t enough to have one music shuffle today, then here’s another; this one from my current wife. Welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends! Green Onions by Booker T and the MGs. Cracking start...

Could things be any worse in our country? Probably. So, I’m going to switch off, albeit temporarily, from reality and play some music. And not just any music. It’s time for that weekly random shuffle of tunes from my...

And so farewell Judith Kerr, the brilliant writer and illustrator who gave us The Tiger Who Came To Tea and, my own favourite, Mog the cat. You can read proper tributes elsewhere. I write as the layman whose children were...

What a time to be alive. Yesterday, we heard the news that British Steel had gone bust, with the loss of 5000 good jobs, with the consequential loss of some 20,000 jobs in the supply chain. That’s 25,000 potential...