Once more the big bad Russian bear rears up on its hind legs and emits a defiant growl, and yet again the West stands idly…
John Jessop Posts
In our house last night the lights were extinguished for one hour in respectful memory of the dead of the First World War. It was…
Another botched execution in the United States has revived the debate about capital punishment, or so the newspapers tell me. But if there is such…
It is some time since my last rant on language and I know that some of you have been waiting anxiously for one. So let…
“All the nice girls love a sailor”, or so the old music hall song has always informed us. And vice versa, too, though how that…
Yet another public inquiry is about to get under way in Britain, this latest one charged with examining whether the corridors of Westminster are teeming…
Luis Suarez of Uruguay is football’s gift to those cynical scribes always looking for a pun or two to liven up their copy. Yours truly…
The dog days of August are fast approaching, a time when the mind turns to whimsical thoughts to take to the beach. One that I…
I wouldn’t cross the street to hear Dolly Parton sing – let alone wade through the mud of Glastonbury for the privilege – but I’d…
If the good people of Brazil are in a state of stupefaction after seeing the national side drubbed 7-1 by Germany in the World Cup…