Sometimes I think this country is determined to take leave of its senses.  Actually I’m starting to think that most of the time. Yesterday, policemen…

Christian morality is being ‘marginalised’ by the law, complains the former Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, in a newspaper article. I say, “Quite right, too.” …

What is the definition of murder on a field of battle in which combatants are deployed for the express purpose of killing each other? The…

I’ve just noticed the date, November the Fifth.  It means that tonight, the skies around our house will be bright with fireworks from a thousand…

A visit yesterday, with three American friends, to the Royal Naval Dockyard in Portsmouth, known to British sailors as Pompey, served as a reminder of…

Back in the 1970s, comedian Lenny Bruce used to finish his stage act by addressing the audience with a question: “Before I go, is there…

The “Yids” are proving troublesome in Britain this week, and over in America the “Redskins” are off the reservation.   Now, before you harrumph in…

Sunday evenings are so fraught in our house these days that Monday mornings, no matter how dreary the weather, tend to bring a measure of…

Surrey is frequently named in surveys as England’s most affluent county, and Elmbridge is the county’s most affluent borough.  Elmbridge takes in such towns as…