John Le Carre went off the rails. But, his Smiley stories were incredible. Marcus Wolf, head of the Stasi loved them, and thought Le Carre must have had some high level contact, to depict his organis… (View Post)

This is a cross-party problem (View Post)

I can’t disagree. Far too many of our ruling class are willing collaborators with evil. (View Post)

I’m coming to agree that there’s much truth in feminist critique of porn. Though it seems that much porn is faux lesbian porn, which generally does not depict abuse. (View Post)

On a happier note, I visited Anglesey Abbey today, North of Cambridge. The gardens in Winter are beautiful and there must be about £100 m of old masters, in the house. Lord Fairhaven’s bequest to the… (View Post)