In 2009 I watched a fabulous BBC series starring Stephen Fry and Mark Carwardine. It was called Last Chance to See, a follow-up to a BBC radio series 20 years earlier when Douglas Adams (of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy fame) and Carwardine had sought out a number of animals teetering on the brink of … Continue reading Last Chance to See
My home town, Bournemouth, has been in the news lately. A small but noisy mob of protesters have been screaming at a pair of hotels which have been housing asylum seekers. Who knew? I had no idea that there were any asylum seekers in Bournemouth. In fact, the first I knew of it was when … Continue reading Bigotry in Bournemouth
I found myself walking through the West End in London recently. It was late evening, approaching 9pm. There were the usual thronging crowds of diners, theatre goers, sightseers, pubbers and clubbers, workers going to work, workers going home, bikers, scooterists, homeless folk and Deliverooisters. And everyone seemed very happy. Except maybe the homeless folk. But … Continue reading Life and Crime 2025
The US is lost. Not just for four years. For the foreseeable. Even if sanity is restored, a return of trust will take a generation or more. The fifth column within now has total power, taking orders from the fascist paymaster in the East. The fight for Europe will soon begin. The first battles that … Continue reading Vichy America
I’m having a look at the way the world is turning, and I’d love to think that the good guys are doing something to stand up to the bad guys. For a start, a single independent nuclear weapons program shared between the UK, Germany, Poland, France and the Baltics seems an obvious smart move. An … Continue reading If At All, Too Late…
I thought it was obvious in 2018 that we were in a state of war with Russia. Undeclared, unofficial yet undeniable. But we - like the rest of Europe - did very little about it. We failed even to really acknowledge it. For as long as tanks weren’t crossing borders, fingers in ears and ‘la … Continue reading Plausibly Plausible
A belated happy new year, anyway. How was your 2024? If you’re reading this, then you survived it. That’s the important thing. It was ok, I guess. I live for travel, so on that basis I give 2024 a C-. I didn’t get in any long haul destinations. But I did tick off four new … Continue reading Happy New Year
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