By the strength of our common endeavour…
…we achieve more than we achieve alone. If the common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) was capable of rational thought it may well come to the same conclusion as those who crafted that phrase…
A square peg in a square hole
I’d never heard of square bullets. Or the Finborough Pub Theatre. Or hardly knew, to my shame, Tony Harrison – although I did know some of his work, most notably…
Eyam – A Plague on All Their Houses
The plague was something you you lived with – or died with – in the 17th century. It had been around for 300 years. It could strike anywhere. Without warning.…
Power to the People – well, at least to the women.
I had the delightful experience of attending the press preview of Women in Power, a new version of an old (very old) play, at the the Nuffield City Theatre in Southampton.…
This message of contempt to the Jewish community must be reversed
Labour Leader’s come and go. All are criticised by senior members of their party at one time or another – one a pacifist, another a war-monger. This one too right…
Fix the problem, not the process
Today 40 MPs and Peers escorted their colleague Ruth Smeeth MP to give evidence at a disciplinary hearing of a member of the Labour Party, Marc Wadsworth, accused of antisemitic…