I don’t know what to say. I really don’t. And those of you reading this who know me will know that this is very unusual. There are some things that I want to get across; [...]

© 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

“I’m not a Pope” – the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, addresses journalists during a press conference at the conclusion of the Anglican [...]

I’m not a major cinema-goer these days. But I still go around three or four times a year. It wasn’t always that way. I used to go weekly to a cinema in Bloxwich, north [...]

UPDATE (9 September 2015): the Crown Prosecution Service and the Ministry of Justice have been in contact with me to say that the provisions of Section 72 of the Sexual [...]