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…
UK Politics
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…
An Air of Optimism; A Note of Caution
My mate and I were in India when news came through that Boris Johnson had succeeded in persuading Parliament to…
Loretta Has Left the Building
One of the funniest scenes in ‘Monty Python’s Life of Brian’ is the one they shot in the impressive Roman…
“We Mustn’t Upset the P*kis!”
Last Monday afternoon, I decided to make the most of the unseasonably warm spring sunshine by taking a walk along…
Pig-sick of Islam!
Have you ever sat in a beer garden on a hot summer’s day enjoying a drink? Suddenly, a wasp begins…
President Trump & UK PM Keir Starmer
President Trump met with the U.K. Prime Minister Starmer. The American and British people are one family separated by a…