I was a fly on the wall when the BBC retained ICM and felt I should share my eavesdroppings with you. It went something like this.
Dumbledey, 'The Director General feels that in view of the sensitive nature of election...
Whenever my wife sees a period drama on the telly she gets agitated if mistakes are made with matters equestrian, she is an expert on such matter. My father, an ex RAF pilot would get equally so if radio...
A few weeks ago there was one of those 'storm in teacup rows which somehow capture the imagination. An eminent violinist, Kwa Wha Chung, a lady of great ability and old world Asian courtesy was driven to exasperation by...
There is one thing sure, death & taxes. We are all going to die, we all know that don’t we ? There are no exceptions. It is why we have car insurance (we might crash) & life...
My lockdown is idyllic, I am one of the most fortunate people in England at the moment. We have a smallholding in the East Riding of Yorkshire, close to the river Derwent which is the border between the North & East...
Many years ago now, or so it seems, at the height of the Cold War my commanding officer had the foresight to enrol some of his junior officers on a Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst post graduate Soviet Studies course...
Fifteen years ago I wrote an aide memoire on speed cameras & their futility on road safety, I co-authored it with an old fashioned traffic cop when I was in office. Subsequently I was asked to be...
Another Email from a follower. Please read and let me know what you think! Name omitted, 2 parts.***Hi Godfrey
Propaganda update.
We had a senior nurse manager from York District Hospital...
I am & have been a London clubman most of my life. I have been accused of being a Wodehousian character over the years, I am happy with that, his characters, even the villains are never all...
As a long term number cruncher in the field of investment management & life assurance & pension mortality data I am constantly amazed how long journalists, politicians, academics & scientists on the public payroll can close their...