Graham Taylor – 1944 to 2017 Picture – Watford Observer In 1977 Elton John, then President of Watford FC, heeded the words of Don Revie...
Goodbye 2016 – you will be remembered but not missed In international affairs it was a strange and alarming year. For me, as the picture shows, I traveled, I...
A third runway for Heathrow – big mistake; costly non-solution Does the South East of England need a new runway? The government and London’s business types seem determined that...
Thirty years on – a tale from the Vicarage The Watford FC official website Watford beat Manchester United 3-1 in the Premiership at Vicarage Road today. It is...
Fate and fortune: the state of Reuters (The Baron) Darren Schuettler (I believe) with the scoop from the Toronto newsroom – 1994. Editorial from The Baron – and sad...
A Birmingham legend – Dennis Amiss Dennis Amiss was my cricketing hero in the late 1960s and 1970s. A Warwickshire man through and through. Dad...
EIU on Brexit impact Britain’s Brexit will be slow and painful – assuming that it ever happens: Alex White of the Economic Intelligence...
Chilcot’s damning verdict on Blair’s Iraq war Picture from euronews Back on 18 March 2003 in the British House of Commons Brent North MP Barry Gardiner said...
Five days on….a growing mess It is hard to know where to start. So much has been said and written after the #Brexit vote...
Cameron’s final hurrah – a theory Here is a nice sheep to calm everyone down! From the Guardian’s comments section: how Cameron gave Boris Johnson...