Imagine living on the same street as Mr. and Mrs. Liz and Phil Windsor en famille. Not quite the ‘neighbours from hell’, … More
Category: Politics and culture
An anti-semitic joke? No – a continuing tragedy
This joke has been told to me by three generations of my family. It reveals the enduring interplay of hope … More
Racism in policing is the problem: its ‘eradication’ is not the solution
As long ago as 2004, working with the Home Office to redesign National Police Probationer Training, I provided a briefing paper on the … More
The ‘relief’ that is ‘Boris’.
Thatcher, the grocer’s daughter, Michael Howard, son of a Romanian immigrant, William Hague, son of a wine merchant. Where did … More
Scorcese’s morally exhausted ‘Irishman’
Michelangelo was said to reply – apparently truthfully – when asked how he conceived his sculptural masterpieces, turning hard marble … More
