Can’t See the Wood for the News
On the 21st December, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 crashed on to the small town of Lockerbie in southern Scotland….
UK Politics
JR and Duncan: The UK’s Ready to Rumble!
For those of you unfamiliar with the Beverly Hills aesthetic of suburban Bradford, I’d like to introduce you to the…
Actions Speak (Much) Louder Than Words!
Picture the scene: You’re a young boy who’s been at senior school for a couple of months. Just by your…
Signs of the Times
A short drive from my house is one of those quintessentially British (and highly irritating) road management markings – the…
One Man, No Vote
Of all the politics modules I studied at university, a second year course entitled ‘Models of Democracy’ was one of…
Glasgow’s Miles Worse!
I have had an association with Glasgow since I was a kid. I first went there in the mid-1980s after…
Tread Caerphilly
I’ve just returned from a lovely few days in the Lake District. Last Thursday, I recovered old ground with one…
Day Tripper
I really didn’t know what to expect when I set off for the Unite the Kingdom (UTK) rally two weeks…
A Linehan in the Sand
Few folk in the British Isles could reminisce about the comedy gems of the 1990s without mentioning ‘Father Ted’. Running…
Flag It Up
It was July 1995. I landed at Belfast City Airport and made my way to a small B & B…
Love the Country; Loathe the State
Driving over Saddleworth Moor towards Manchester yesterday, I couldn’t help to be impressed as to what a beautiful country the…
Cowards of the Country
There is an hilarious 1973 episode of the sitcom ‘Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em’ called ‘Have a Break, Take a…
The Really Wild Show
A few days ago, I was reminiscing about a trip my family and I took to Austria in the summer…
The Crying Game
It was just before 3pm on December 11th last year when I received the telephone call informing me that the…
In the Summertime….
In the summertime when the weather is high, you can invade the UK on the very first try. When the…