Chronicles of Claudette--Into The Lair

Machine parts, candles, Jell-O and desserts are made using molds.  This does not work well when applied to people.  In fact the idiom, they ...

Hemel Hempstead and my childhood on film

When I blogged about the BFI's new Britain on Film project I copied some of the spiel from its own website: If you are in the United Ki...

Nick Clegg queries Conservative election spending

View image | gettyimages.com Following Nick Clegg's interview on The Sunday Politics this morning, it was his comments on future coali...

Tim Booth and Angelo Badalamenti: I Believe

One of the more unlikely musical collaborations of the 1990s was that between Tim Booth and Angelo Badalamenti. Booth from the bad James (vi...

Six of the Best 523

"Quick question: Which of the two Liberal Democrat leadership candidates was a member of the SDP? The correct answer is, of course, Nor...

Eynsham Cricket Club stands on the Cameron/Osborne fault

I like to think Eynsham's ground looks like this David Cameron is a patrician Conservative from a land-owning and banking background. Li...

Not Too Fast...Please

There was a time when most families did not own three, four or more cars or trucks.  (Several of my immediate neighbors with two in the hous...

Army National Guard announces data breach, establishes call center

July 10, 2015 Kurt M. Rauschenberg National Guard Bureau ARLINGTON, Va. — Former and current members of the Army National Guard could be af...

The Great Central generator house, Leicester

This, a final trophy from my visit to Leicester Central on Saturday, is the Great Central generator house. It stands across the road from th...