Police and crime commissioner model cannot survive a bad back

Sir Clive Loader, Leicestershire police and crime commissioner, is suffering from severe back pain and will have to step down from the role ...

Government delays electrification of the Midland main line

So the Northern Powerhouse did not survive for even two months after the general election. The electrification of the Trans-Pennine railway ...

Lord Bonkers' Diary: Grant dines with Cleese, Cleese with Grant

Lord B. explains the consequences of one of the Liberal Democrats' wheezes for wringing money out of us during the general election camp...

OPM Computer Attack Highlights Bigger Issue, Clapper Says

By Jim Garamone DoD News, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON, June 25, 2015 – The attack on the Office of Personnel Management’s computer sys...

Seychelles 50 rupees 2015 - National and Independence Day

New silver collectors' issue: " National and Independence Day on 29th June " (news and image by Pabitra Saha )

A Tale of Two Files by Dr Martin Roberts A CEOP Mystery

I'm far from qualified to opine over this latest can of worms for reasons simple. One, I have not been following the debate over this is...

Canada 25 cents 2015 - National Flag

New commemorative quarters: " 50th Anniversary of the National Flag " (news by Ashwin , Mark Dennis , Peter Kaminsky and Pabitra ...

Italy 2 euro 2015 - Dante Alighieri

New bimetallic circulating commemorative: " 750th Anniversary of the Birth of Dante Alighieri " SPECIFICATIONS External ring: CuNi...

You are the groups you belong to

In the early days of this blog I wrote : I am increasingly aware that what I value is not so much individualism as individuality - the flour...