I think that the quotation came into my head because I was remembering the points made by two historians. Denis Mack Smith was the university tutor of my school history…
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I have written a fair bit about the fracking of society in the U.K. from 2010 onwards by the Tories. But now I see the extent to which the same…
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Ha’aretz has a long article about religion being “the hottest trend in Israel”. Particularly among young people. Maybe ‘religiosity’ should be the word. My opinion is that if what the…
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Two memories from Israel, just two for now. One is of playing with a lovely four year old boy who could not have even tried to spell Zionism. He recently…
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That is a pretty good paraphrase of what General Sheridan said in 1869. He was Commander in Chief of the army of the USA as it stole land and dedicated…
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In response to the suicide of a devoted headteacher Ofsted have announced that they intend to shift from simple labels to reports with more words in them. In his book,…
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Starmer’s U.K. makes money from its sale of arms to Israel. That would all stop if Iran and others who Israel has attacked retaliated together. A defeated Israel would not…
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“It will all be over by Friday.” A casual remark about the General Election in the pub just now. I thought of The Great War, “It will all be over…
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