Has that been confirmed or is that just ill-informed Twitter speculation? There are Palestinian flags in evidence in East Ham but they are on private property such as businesses (we have a coffee sho… (View Post)

Morning all :) Flags, it seems, are never too far away from the top of the agenda. The rule against putting flags on street architecture (and that includes painting St George crosses on mini-roundabo… (View Post)

Yesterday was the 34th anniversary of the attempted coup by the precursors of Putin (too soon?) against Mikhail Gorbachev. (View Post)

Disappointingly unsurprising story. Those of a liberal persuasion might believe we've made enormous strides in the past 50 years around tolerance and eliminating racism - the truth is, we haven't and… (View Post)

I had very different experiences with my parents. My mother died of colon cancer at the age of 70 - her last year wasn't nice. My Dad took care of her at home which couldn't have been easy. As for hi… (View Post)