David Niven as Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four

View image | gettyimages.com In 1949, a year after the novel was published, NBC University Theater broadcast a radio adaptation of George O...

The Bridge Hotel, Sutton Bridge, has been demolished

For some unaccountable reason I had long had the ambition to visit Sutton Bridge in Lincolnshire. I finally got there in 2009 on the day Eng...

Nick Clegg on "The Age of Unreason"

Nick Clegg's book will be published by Bodley Head next year under the title: 'Politics: The Art of the Possible in an Age of Unreas...

Nicaragua 10 cordobas 2015 - Matagalpa Indian Archers

New silver commemorative: " Matagalpa Indian Archers " (news and image by Pabitra Saha ) LINK: Banco Central de Nicaragua

Wordsmith Extraordinaire

When you sit in a classroom knowing the answer but are afraid to raise your hand, you find solace in realizing you are right.  When you'...

Lowongan Kerja BUMN Biro Klasifikasi Indonesia (BKI)

Lowongan Kerja BUMN BKI - Biro Klasifikasi Indonesia (BKI) merupakan salah satu Badan Usaha Milik Negara Indonesia yang ditunjuk sebagai s...

Canals of London 3

Part 3 takes us west from Camden to Little Venice and beyond. Part 1 and part 2 have already appeared on this blog.

Councillor who announced closure of public toilets fined for urinating in street

The Telegraph wins our Headline of the Day Award.

London Liberal Democrats to oppose curbs on Uber

Those of us outside London have been viewing the rise of Uber with mounting indifference. But I gather this story in the Evening Standard m...