What are we to make of the phenomenal success of Fifty Shades of Grey? The answer is, in a word, nothing. Well, nothing beyond the…
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… as the late Frankie Howerd might have said. Apparently I have a new ‘follower’ on twitter. I know this because I received an email…
Will someone kindly explain to me what’s really going on in the Julian Assange affair? For reasons related to an age-related declining attention span, I…
So, now, in pictures of a naked prince of the realm, we see the pernicious effects of Leveson. His Lordship’s recent enquiry into telephone…
I enjoyed it, actually. One feels almost obliged to have an opinion of the Olympic opening ceremony. It’s almost as if the sporting stuff is…
I haven’t got much work done this week. For the past few days, each time I sit down at the computer in my study, or…
Gore Vidal, a prominent American man of letters, sophisticated cynic, wit, and amusing controversialist, has died aged 86. I read a few of his novels,…
Some thoughts on the Olympics come to mind. Last things first … The Olympic closing ceremony defied rational criticism. Raucous, disjointed, frequently fatuous, it was…
Sports lovers everywhere may be enthralled for now by the various running, jumping and standing still events at the London Games, but in the real…
English cricket fans are in deep shock this sunny, cloudless Monday morning. The greatly anticipated battle at the Oval yesterday between the world’s best cricket…