There is a sense in which David Nobbs is not dead

I am very sorry to hear of the death of the comedy writer David Nobbs. It has been widely reported on Twitter this evening, but not yet in t...

Lord Bonkers' Diary: Armed to the teeth with duck-handled umbrellas

As I noted in yesterday's post on Tower Hamlets , the new issue of Liberator is with subscribers. Which means it is time to spend some t...

Rolling Stones: Paint It Black

The glimpse of Mick Jagger in Performance the other day - the link was in the post about an interview with James Fox - has put me in the mo...

The new Liberator: Politics in Tower Hamlets

The new issue of Liberator is out. There is a particularly interesting article by Gwyneth Deakins, once a Liberal councillor in Tower Hamle...

Arise Sir Vince and Sir Danny?

Newspaper speculation about forthcoming honours lists is often wide of the mark, but here is the Mirror website this evening: Ousted Lib De...

An Unbroken Bond

Book characters can find a permanent place in your heart.  They are as real to you as your neighbors, best friends or family.  When they app...

Michael Powell on A Canterbury Tale

This is an extract from a South Bank Show profile of the director Michael Powell, dealing with his and Emeric Pressburger's film A Cante...

ONR Scientist Awarded for 'Game-Changing' Research on Wireless Networks

By Warren Duffie, Office of Naval Research ARLINGTON, Va. (NNS) -- On Aug. 5, officials announced that Dr. Syed Jafar, a professor at the U...

Phil Knowles at the site of Market Harborough's missing hospital

#NHS agrees to build new hospital for #harborough but still no date! @PhilKnowlesLD @HarboroughDC pic.twitter.com/qtAdrSn7yE — Helen McC...