The Cynical Tendency

So now it is China. Having written off the Ottoman, Tsarist, Austro-Hungarian, British, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Soviet, soon t...

Evelyn Waugh writes to his wife Laura, 31 May 1942; No. 3 Commando was very anxious to be chums with Lord Glasgow, so they offered to blow u...

I believe that the Government has embarked on a “scorched earth” policy in anticipation of an electoral defeat together with a substantial c...

Long ago, I knew an incorrigible who regarded himself as something of a wit, even although it was not shared by those he exercised it on. I...

Returning to the subject of tax havens http://taxjustice.blogspot.com/ on 19th June in a post "Tax Havens and Development - A Damning ...

Apparently, President Obama has been criticised by insect liberationists for swatting a fly dead and worse still taking pride in the speed o...

The unveiling and denunciation of “Nightjack” the prize winning blogger police officer is a warning to us all, up to a point, Lord Copper (d...