Greetings from the Western Approaches. Outward bound to Bermuda - and ultimately Sydney. Probably my last great voyage as I will celebrate my 80th birthday somewhere in the Tasman Sea. I will still k… (View Post)

4 local by-elections today. We have Lab defences in Brighton and Tendring, Con defence in Dorset, and Lib Dem defence in Salford. Could be difficult for Cons; they have no candidate in Salford and th… (View Post)

My predictions/guesses: 10%;Nov 21;Sunak, Starmer, Davey, Yousaf, Tice; Lab 86; Biden, Haley; Biden; 3.5%;2.1%; 120.5; 66. (View Post)

Following my Zulu reference I can say I saw it in Manchester in 1964/5 - with a Zulu. He explained all the chants - particularly the final one that was the tribute to fellow warriors before it was re… (View Post)

Ch 4 have been doing a series of classic British films. Yesterday I watched Laurence of Arabia and today Zulu. I was intrigued by the preliminary commentary that the films displayed out of date stere… (View Post)