The Long and the Shortlands of It
When I was growing up in the 1980s in London’s largest geographical borough, the opulence and general orderliness of life…
Andy Mac
A soft spoken man of even temper and excellent taste in music. He graces our pages with the wisdom and sanity that for a large group of our audience is severely lacking.
Did mainframe operations for a decade and a half, and then the Airline industry for another decade and a half. Has Sold & Trained people in Firearms his entire adult life.
His family background consists of four generations of Police Officers, which sometimes tends to color his point of view. Has a beautiful wife, two lovely daughters, a parrot, 2 cat's, and a dog.
Out of Africa
It is a long time since I mentioned my profession in one of my articles. I’ve always thought it prudent…
Their Colonel Nicholson Moment?
‘The Bridge on the River Kwai’ is one of my favourite wartime movies. This 1957 classic, with an ensemble cast…
The Man on the Clapham Omnishambles
Did you know the United Kingdom now leads the world in the number of acid attacks on people? Whereas we…
Anchor’s Away!
Yesterday afternoon, the sickly whiff of clichéd promises emanating from the chamber of Stormont like the gravy trail we used…
Like a Prayer
If there are any followers out there who’ve read about my scholastic childhood before, I’ll first offer my sincere apologies…
Not On Your Nolly
I have an announcement to make: I admit that, as a child, the soap opera ‘Crossroads’ was one of my…
A Day In The Life
Last Saturday, December 9th, my best friend and I took our annual Christmas jaunt to London. It’s become something of…
Dublin’s Guerre City
After the majority vote in the United Kingdom for Brexit, the Irish Republic became one of those places ardent Remainers…
A Braver Man versus Spineless Cowards
Ever since Boris Johnson was unceremoniously dumped out of the Conservatives, our governing party has been making a concerted effort…
Trouble at t’Mill Again!
For large-scale immigration to work reasonably well in any society, the one thing that must be insisted upon is integration…
“‘I Spy with My Little Eye something beginning with ‘I’”
I apologise in advance if the reader finds the title of this article a little too flippant given the subject…
Outfoxed
I first heard of GB News whilst on holiday in Torquay in May 2021. It was towards the tail end…
Give Devo the Heave-ho!
When Tony Blair’s government launched their crusade to bring devolution to the United Kingdom after their landslide election in 1997,…
Taking the PiSsNI
One of the political campaigns I was proudest to be involved in was the effort to retain the name of…