I have just been in Cornwall for ten days’ holiday. This is a part of the world so wonderful, I am beginning to wonder why we came back. While I am not a separatist, I can see why the Cornish consider themselves a people apart. For a start, they are so bloody far away from almost […]
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For those too young to remember, Monty Python’s Life of Brian was released in 1979 and immediately caused outrage among Christians, local councils, church leaders and people who had not seen it, but were nevertheless certain that it was blasphemous. Which, of course, made everyone else want to see it. The result was one of the funniest films
One’s outrage is hard to contain. Netflix recently acquired the 2010 BBC re-make of Upstairs Downstairs. The re-make had a very short life of only two seasons due to the success of ITV with Downton Abbey which won the ratings war by a country mile. Even the fragrant Keeley Hawes and a troupe of established actors could not breathe enough life into this new take
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The announcement that the SS Great Britain is to be rebranded because some visitors may misunderstand what the initials ‘SS’ stand for is one of those stories that initially appears too ridiculous to be true. Surely nobody could seriously believe that one of Britain’s most famous ships is somehow commemorating the slave trade? Surely somebody, somewhere in
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What do Hull in East Yorkshire and Maribor in Slovenia have in common? Hull is a crumbling entrepôt on one bank of the murky Humber River and the other straddles the lovely Drava River in the Slovenian mountains. So, picturesqueness they don’t have in common. House prices are reasonable in both places, but that’s not what I’m driving at. Remarkably, the football teams in both
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What can be added to the narrative that has ensued the horrible death of Henry Nowak. Our courageous editor has been on the case since the outset, the Prime Minister has spoken, the Leader of the Opposition has spoken, Nigel Farage has spoken (over booing and jeering) and an endless stream of journalists have filled columns. Is there anything
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The Caveman is out of the Man Cave for a few days. As I write, I am bound for Vienna but en route to Slovenia; a country so wonderful, picturesque and friendly that I always think I have arrived in paradise. It will be great to be in a virtually hijab-free zone for a few days, albeit not entirely free of that particular
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Frank, our editor, has been all over the story of poor Henry Nowak, the 18-year-old student, who drowned in his own blood while having his rights read to him by an officer of ‘the law’. I’ve seen the footage: the officer replied three times, “I don’t think you have mate” even after Henry told him he
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The climate emergency has been dealt with in Hull. Temperatures have returned to normal and I firmly believe we have Ed Miliband to thank. It was bad for a few days, but can you imagine how bad it would have been without all those wind farms and solar panels? Incidentally, that does not include the type of solar
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There was a very funny message on X at the weekend from some wag calling himself ‘Napoleon’ reporting that he had ‘Just been out for a walk. I didn’t hydrate or put sunscreen on, so I’m dead now.’ Global warming has reached Hull again, and here in the Man Cave it is like an oven. I have reset my air-conditioning unit from
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