Remembering the days when overseas aid was a source of pride. Continue reading
Category Archives: Miscellaneous
Christmas quiz: Part 2
In part 2 of our festive quiz, some politics questions. Answers on a postcard to the usual address, please. Continue reading
An Xmas poem for the Queen
Labour leader’s wife pays tribute to Her Majesty shock. Continue reading
Christmas quiz: Part 1
Some challenging questions on British society from the headlines of the 1950s and ’60s. Continue reading
Caling all cliches: Last taboos
Six months of breaking taboos in the newspapers. Continue reading
Proud to be British: Hugh Grant
How an Englishman responds to stories of stars consorting with hookers. Continue reading
Proud to be British
We salute the Daily Express’s doughty campaign against freeloading immigrants – in 1958. Continue reading
This week we have been mostly…
A selection of the writing, wittering and viewing that has caught our attention over the past week. Continue reading
Calling all cliches: Binary questions
And today’s word is ‘binary’. That’s ‘binary’. Continue reading
Proud to be British
Jack Straw tries to save the left from itself. Continue reading
This week we have been mostly…
A selection of the writing, wittering and viewing that has caught our attention over the past week. Continue reading
Proud to be British: Albert Pierrepoint
Hangman Albert Pierrepoint on the British way of death. Continue reading
