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Stop the world….. I have not been writing much on my website – except some harmless football commentary. And although this is...
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Unhappy lies the head that wears the crown I did not watch the Oprah WInfrey interview with the Sussexes two nights ago. But it is impossible to...
2020 – when masks hid our smile The abiding memory of 2020 will be masks. Masks everywhere. Masks that help stop the spread of the virus...
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The message that Xi JinPing should send Amidst all the US/China tub-thumping, finger-pointing and unhelpful commentary at all levels of government and society here is a...
Impeached but secure So on 18 December 2019 Donald Trump became the third US President to be impeached by the House of...
Greta Thunberg’s call for action Greta Thunberg was announced yesterday as Time magazine’s person of the year prompting the usual online spite: This from...