Sometimes you hear a record so good you just know you will be playing it forever. Like Steely Dan’s perfect Aja, words really aren’t enough. I’ve got another one of those records and it’s by Bruce...

It’s Friday again and of course it’s time to play some tunes from my portable telephone device in random order. Then, I tell you what they are and something dull about them. Well, it’s my blog and I’ll...

There was a time when I loved Bristol Rovers almost as much as I loved my wife. Mind you, I think I loved Bristol City more than I loved my first wife, but that’s another story. Rovers made me happy, they made me sad, they...

A group of MPs has concluded that everyone will need to give up their motor cars in 2050 in order for Britain to meet its climate change targets. I’ll certainly be giving up mine on the near certain grounds that I’ll...

Only death saved Princess Diana from a major escalation of the hatred that was spewing from the media in the summer of 1997. “The people’s princess,” as Tony Blair memorably described her, was one of the most...

The BBC website today runs a story about ‘Jihadi Jack’. His real name is Jack Letts and he’s from Oxford. Aged 18, he dropped out of school, having already converted to islam, and decided to join the islamist...