Last weekend showed the World Cup at its finest. England 6-4 France was the best of best games. As a friend of mine said, why don’t we have a prize for the ‘best game’, not just the best player or team? Certainly the France-England game would have won suc... See more
One of the most frightening diminutions of the UK as a caring society was the closure of the mental asylums, often on the edge of towns, in the 1980s. Replaced laughingly by what was called ‘Care in the Community’. The fact that care in the community, rat... See more
On the hottest night of last week I had to get up early and get on a train, and then another train, followed by a bus. My destination was Ilfracombe on the Devon coast. I was looking forward to seeing the large sculpture of a visibly pregnant warrior by D... See more
One hundred and twelve years of governmental ignorance explain Starmer’s demise. Starting 112 years ago, the First World War began by sacrificing hundreds of thousands of men to a disastrous idea that Great Britain needed to stay in the game. And rule sup... See more
Last week Lucy Johnston, Lucie Russell, Sabrina Cohen-Hatton, Sophie Raworth, Pete Bird, Phil Ryan and I gathered in a small BBC studio in London’s West End and, over teas and water, relived the early and chaotic foundation days of Big Issue. Kirsty Wark ... See more
