Day of memory

People in today's news seem to be getting what they deserve. Farage thought he could shut down the annoying questions about being bunged money by billionaires by forcing a by-election. Instead we have the tantalising prospect of him being undone by the same spirit that made Boaty

Isn't it nice when the election turns its attention to good ideas? This is what you want to see a fight over: Who's got the best offer for Solar Power? So much of what I have written about solar power has had to begin with I

School holiday time again, and the seaside village is full of grandparents and their wide-eyed little charges. The coffee shop today was jammed with pink and purple fairies. Lovely place to take your grandkids, this quaint little village. Will it still be that if it gets redeveloped? Actually, I

This newsletter has a new home. If you're reading this in your email, nothing has changed: it's arrived the way it always has, and it will keep doing that. If you've clicked through, or wandered in — welcome. Do please take a look around! The

I have been pulling at a thread that began with something Mimi Gilmour said as she explained why her Burger Burger was in receivership. To make the sums work, she said, she’d have to charge thirty dollars a burger, and you can’t sell a burger for thirty dollars.