So when is 12th Night?
© Dibiella / Pixabay Last night’s post about Christmas continuing until 5 January has led to a few questions about when, exactly is 12th Night. The answer is simple [...]
2016
Happy Christmas (No – I’m not late)
Nativity Scene© Jeff Weese When out and about shopping this week, I’ve noticed that supermarkets have stopped playing Christmas music – I would say carols, but [...]
Brexit, law and politics, and nonsense
Flags of the EU member states outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg© Gavin Drake Much has been said about yesterday’s High Court judgement about the mechanism that [...]
A solution to the constitutional crisis in our parliamentary Opposition
Jeremy Corbyn MP© Rwendland / Wikimedia The Labour party will elect a new leader next week and – according to all the predictions from political hacks – it is likely to [...]
“At this school, your daughter won’t be sexually harassed”
The Michaela Community School© Google Street View The Michaela Community School is a free school in north London. It is an elite school; but one whose marketing material [...]
Britain is in crisis. We need a government of national unity
Our Parliament, in its wisdom, decided to give the British people a referendum to let us decide whether or not we remain in the European Union. The country decided – albeit [...]
Ephraim Hardcastle and the last British Archbishop of Canterbury
“I’m not a Pope” – the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, addresses journalists during a press conference at the conclusion of the Anglican [...]
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