Funny how distinguished WW2 fiction has been delivered through trilogies. As well as Waugh, there's the three volumes from Anthony Powell's Dance to the Music of Time (Valley of Bones, Sold… (View Post)

Yeah, right. I must say I don't share Boris's confidence about Trump supporting Ukraine. Buried in BJ's article is this. Is it correct?? Staggering if so. "Remember that in 2008 t… (View Post)

With respect, you're too relaxed about Trump. Everything about him - the grandiosity, the lying about everything, appaling personal morality, contempt for the constitution, cult of the leader, i… (View Post)

Worth pointing out that for all his personal foibles, and they were legion, Waugh's "Sword of Honour" trilogy is quite possibly the finest fictional account to come out of the Second W… (View Post)

Nuffink so far as I know. Point is that this has been widely covered in the Scottish media and possibly has political and, ultimately, electoral consequences. Which, presumably, might be of interest … (View Post)