There is a scene from the film version of the comedy classic ‘Rising Damp’, in which Philip (Don Warrington) thinks he has mislaid his wallet. John (Chris Strauli), his roommate, suggests that the new tenant, Seymour (Denholm Elliott) is a con man who has, in fact, stolen the wallet. Keen to satisfy his suspicion, John…
Perhaps James Dean’s most iconic role was as the troubled teen Jim Stark in the 1955 classic ‘Rebel Without a Cause’. One of my favourite scenes in the movie is when Dean’s character confronts his mother and father after the unexpected death of a local gang leader. He’s perished in a driving competition with Dean,…
In the summertime when the weather is high, you can invade the UK on the very first try. When the weather’s fine you got pillage, you got pillage on your mind. Take a boat with 55, go out and see what you can find. I’m not sure those lyrics would have propelled Mungo Jerry to…
I’ve just finished reading a book about Captain James Cook. En route across the Pacific in 1777 on his boat called Resolution, Cook spent a short while on the island of Tahiti. One day in early September Cook, with two of his crew (the ship’s surgeon Dr William Anderson, and a Mr John Webber), travelled…
Happy New Years Hassin Ben Sober killed at least 10, wounded over 35 others with multiple players and IEDs. Right now the only thing we know for sure is there are a lot of people dead, with a lot more that could have been died. The last 4 years there has been no Border Security….
Having just turned 52, I am definitely now of an age where I can make distinct comparisons between the country I grew up in and the one I am, somewhat unfortunate, to live in today. Most folk, preoccupied with looking after their kids and partners, are often unintentionally blind to the changes in society –…
Hezbollah Operatives in Lebanon and Syria have recently suffered attacks on their person. These attacks have been in the nature of personal pagers, and other communications devices exploding on their person. The Head of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah claims the attacks are War Crimes committed by the Israelis. That the Israelis crossed a “red line” by…
Roughly 100 House Democrats and 28 Senate Democrats were present in the chamber for the Israeli prime minister’s speech, meaning around half of both caucuses were absent. Those absent members all support Hamas, Hezbollah, PLO, Iran, and their campaign of Terror. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), the only Palestinian-American in Congress and a strident critic of…
If there are any followers out there who’ve read about my scholastic childhood before, I’ll first offer my sincere apologies as I’m going to recite the story once again for the purpose of this article. I was baptised into the Church of England. My father, an Anglican, made an informal prenuptial agreement with my Mum,…
Ever since Boris Johnson was unceremoniously dumped out of the Conservatives, our governing party has been making a concerted effort to alienate itself from the voter coalition that put it into power with an impressive 80-seat majority just four years ago. It will insist on hammering nail after nail into its electoral coffin – with…
I apologise in advance if the reader finds the title of this article a little too flippant given the subject matter. My aim is not to rake over the appalling events in southern Israel last week, but rather to evaluate the response in this country and how our appallingly weak media and politicians have refused…
The United States has suffered only 2 attacks on our soil from outside forces, the next one is already being set in Place. Since President Biden took office, 3.3 million illegals have crossed the southwestern border. Those are the numbers that the Administration are admitting to, the ones who voluntarily turned themselves in. After crossing the Border the illegals make…