I've always regarded Kurt Vonnegut Jr as the most prescient 20th century author. You might find this amuse bouche from 1950 ... err ... amusing: http://newmediaabington.pbworks.com/f/vonnegut_EP… (View Post)

It's rapidly morphing into something else, certainly. Our self-congratulation at winning the Cold War looks absurd in retrospect. Somewhere near the beginning of D&FotRE Gibbon argues that t… (View Post)

I do wish people who bang on about pensioners wouldn't whinge about NHS waiting lists in the same breath. Most patients waiting for treatment are pensioners. Most people of working age don'… (View Post)

Many moons ago, inspired by a cruise on Florida's Intracoastal Waterway, I bunged Greenpeace £20 to save the manatees. Thereafter I received, more or less monthly, an elaborate publicity package… (View Post)

"Calm of mind, all passion spent" seems an apt description of Lord Heseltine in his later years. Regarding the Crooked House, it looks like an example of what the Americans, with their gift… (View Post)