Yevgeny Prigozhin Russian Yevgeny Prigozhin created turmoil this week, not just in his native land, but around the world, challenging the status quo.  In the UK, he occasioned a COBRA meeting.  Rishi Sunak was in touch with allies, and urged all parties to protect civilians.  The implications of Prigozhin’s mutiny, as head of the fighting […]

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Glenda Jackson (1936 – 2023) “Any prize was a benign irrelevance for her.  People often say they don’t care about awards: Jackson really did not.  Neither gushing nor contemptuous…” ~ Susannah Clapp, Theatre critic for the Observer Actor and Politician in equally effective measure, Glenda Jackson died this week, after a short illness, at the […]

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Boris Johnson and Donald Trump: A Parallel Journey There are so many parallels in the lives and characters of Boris Johnson and Donald Trump that I couldn’t not write about them at this juncture, with Boris Johnson having to step down as an M.P. (on Friday) and Donald Trump possibly facing jail, and both claiming […]

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Jeremy Paxman “I’ve been lucky enough to work with an amazing team and to meet some of the swottier brains in the country. It gives me hope for the future.” ~ Jeremy Paxman Last Monday night, with very little fanfare, Jeremy Paxman let go of his tenure of the role of chief inquisitor on University […]

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