The Cynical Tendency

HM King George VI: “What happens next?” Bloke at end: “If you’re lucky you get a prize.”

While the tragedy unfolds and tens of thousands flee there are stories emerging that make you wonder. Below is something from The Times of M...

Grannie always used to say that a man is judged by his friends. Quite why she used to fix her gaze on me when she said that is another issue...

Just out of interest, perhaps time to revisit this item from January 2008, all those years ago, up to a point. Quote: An Ottoman warning fo...

In the period 1956-1957 the British Army had a full Armoured Division in Libya, the 10th, tac sign a fox’s head. It had been an expansion o...

It is a filthy wet morning and I have to walk to the doctors. The appointment is in the middle of the rush hour and there is no parking an...

During his term of office President Clinton attended a Gala Performance for charity at the Kennedy Centre in Washington D.C. and went backst...