Will the new year, twenty-four hours away as I write, possibly be as bad, or, depending on your point of view, better than its predecessor?…

January   Trump’s inaugural speech, promising a ‘tough’ new American foreign policy stance, hints at recognising Taiwan.  The Chinese government expresses outrage and threatens retaliatory moves…

Call me a curmudgeon – I’ve been called much worse – but I have always loathed having my photograph taken.  Pity me now, then, as…

Political events made 2016 a year that will remain engraved in the memory for decades to come.    In Britain, as in the United States, half…

Donald Trump has received a call from Sarah Palin, former Governor of Alaska, according to sources close to the President-elect.  A transcript has been leaked…

Another famous physical piece of Old London is about to disappear, it seems. The Whitechapel Bell Foundry is to close, its owners have announced.  The…