Powdered wombat guts and other sources of feelings of wellbeing
Posted in Misc on Aug 4th, 2008
I wondered briefly this morning how my time is distributed between newspapers and books, the Internet and TV. I was reading a book and keeping an ear on the Andrew Marr show, BBC TV’s Sunday morning political offering. It’s worth a look for its hand-picked selections from the Sunday papers.
Mr. and Mrs. Potential Voter hissed [...]
Posted in Misc on Feb 4th, 2008
For decades British politicians have genuflected at the altar of the holy cow known as the National Health Service, each party promising before every election that it would spend more and keep it safe. The aspiration — of a minimum standard of care for all, regardless of ability to pay — has been noble. It’s [...]
Posted in Misc on Oct 22nd, 2007
The BBC Radio 4 program Start the Week with Andrew Marr is a wonderful way to start the week if you have time to listen to it, and if you don’t I’ve just given you a link to the podcast so you can listen to it later. Among the guests I enjoyed listening to this [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 18th, 2007
Bill Deedes, the celebrated British journalist and former politician, has died at the age of 94.
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