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October 2019- Page 2

A well-armed corporation

A well-armed corporation

A measure of advancing years is the realisation that you were taught that “Clive of India” (as he is no longer called) was a star figure in our colonial history, a brilliant
October 23, 2019
A view from the ramparts

A view from the ramparts

‘We don’t need more military spending, we need less. We don’t need more soldiers, we need fewer’ As a simple soldier, it should not fall to me to lay bare the shortcomings
October 23, 2019
Arise ye unwoke from your slumbers

Arise ye unwoke from your slumbers

What’s to be done about the Woke revolution? Even its most vociferous critics rarely ask the question, let alone answer it. Meanwhile, champions in women’s sports boast stubble and penises; the police
October 23, 2019
Against all odds

Against all odds

When the whole nation is taking a huge punt on whether (or how) to leave the EU, a gambler’s memoirs are timely. Particularly when the author has spent large chunks of a
October 23, 2019
A conspiracy unmasked

A conspiracy unmasked

Despite having no instinct for organisation and never using the jargon of modern business management, Margaret Thatcher had extraordinary political instincts. These are a central theme of  Herself Alone, the third volume
October 23, 2019
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