Where are they? Where are the heroes who inspired you to greater things? To whom do you glance when the crushing oppression squashes both your bodily will and your suffering soul? When your scream reaches pitches inaudible? I turned left, because we must join. In Unity.

A little while ago, in a bid to develop the Zen aspect of my psyche, I ventured to offer myself a challenge. This was inspired by a crying child on a busy bus. I vowed to seek out a regular woman passenger with a young screaming child, and sit as close to them on the bus as possible for a […]

how social media work? I have no idea. Somebody could say something over there and I’d have no idea how to answer it, respond to it in any way nor kill the person who said it. [beat] It’s the anonymity that scares me.

So, the rockets and firecrackers have been silenced for another year, and my abiding memory is of a Polish family traipsing over to a piece of scrubland a couple of streets away to let off some of their own fireworks. Firstly, it’s worth commenting that yes, there is still some scrubland in north London, despite […]

A calamitous error of judgment has led Leader of the Opposition Ed Milliband to condemn U.S. drone strikes this morning. Speaking to Andrew Marr  on ‘The Politics Is So Important That We Shoved It On Sunday Morning After A Repeat Of Match Of The Day Show’, Mr Miliband exploded: “The right to bang on in a […]

Fresh evidence has come to light in one of the most horrific abuse cases in history. In a startling development, the victim has revealed how he was kept a virtual sex prisoner by evil, disgusting harridan Rebekah Brooks for a period of six years; an ordeal which ended only when he voluntarily gave himself up to police for […]

I disagree that there’s a lack of focus in modern politics. I believe it to be more an inaccuracy of focus. Our political class is busy carping about amorphous, indistinct ‘growth’ and ‘performance indicators in commuter satisfaction’, but I’ve yet to hear any of the main parties address the burning issue of magnetic levitation trains. […]

Questions are being asked throughout the broadcasting industry this evening concerning the continuing career as an interviewer of  Piers Morgan. Heads may roll as it became clear that Mr Morgan’s career was, in fact, continuing. One BBC reporter, who wished to be named, has enquired: “How in the name God did this happen? The man has the easy […]

As ever, before she departs for a week the familiar phwoosh of the flame ignites under soup. In a minute she’ll leave, but a vaporous burn will remain. It occurs as she turns up the gas mark to three and her cruel, distrait leave-taking nears: I’d surrender the myriad lives that I’ve led for the […]

Though now renowned for being of a genteel, calm persuasion, a world-class athlete’s ire was raised aloft on one occasion. I now recall a visit to her splendid residence. The guests that day: Mesurier, Art Lowe and I went hence. A public house frequented we while on our merry way- arrival, by this long detour, […]