Ambushed on a visit to good friends
I was telling about a horrible shock that happened while visiting friends, one of the biggest surprises of my life, and one that most of us wouldn't imagine could happen in a modern democracy like Britain, not outside television, anyway.
Ambushed! My swallowing-the-anchor voyage
When the grossest injustice makes you poor – nearly broke – it’s amazing what you learn to give up and yet manage to enjoy the limited pleasures of life.
Get your life back. Give up TV!
I was pondering again on criticism the BBC still faces over the plan to stop giving away TV licenses to those who can afford it.
The deadly price of Prohibition number 2
More ghastly statistics out today about drug use in the country, thanks to a blinkered political approach that seemingly holds strongly to the Victorian ‘thinking’ that our elders and betters know best - and better than statistics show.