I love Boring Postcards. I bought a copy for my dad's birthday when it was first published, must have been 20 years ago. He loved it. It's got a beautifully elegeic quality and captures the… (View Post)

The relentless self-confidence of people from the private school-Oxbridge pipeline and the readiness of others from the same background to employ them over more qualified people is a wonder to behold. (View Post)

I continue to expect a Labour majority but not a landslide. (View Post)

Strictly on the telly, Christmas in the offing - and it's my birthday month! What's not to like? February is my least favourite month, but at least it's short. (View Post)

Braverman is modern politics at its worst - shallow, cynical, posturing and incompetent. No doubt she will go far. (View Post)