I have a shameful admission to make. Until my oldest daughter messaged me to say that Charlie Kirk had been shot, I had never heard of him. He seems to have been a remarkably fearless and articulate debater, a proponent of free speech and politically and spiritually on the side of the angels. He was […]
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I was only half listening to the news at the end of the week, and over the weekend, preoccupied as I was with a five-hour drive to Edinburgh. I’d have followed it closely on the radio in the car but as soon as I put it on Mrs Watson, who likes to drive or be
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This column finds the occupant of the man cave in low spirits. Strutting my stuff in the gym about ten weeks ago, I overestimated my strength or underestimated the weight of a couple of kettlebells. Initially I thought I had hurt my back, so I paid a visit to the physio – paying a lot
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Mohammad XXXXXXXXX Xxxxxxxxxx Spa Hotel Little XXXXX by-the-sea XXX 3BK 31 August 2025 Dear Mohammad, I’ve been here in England for a few weeks now. Man! It be mental here, I love it! I arrived here a few weeks ago with Mohammad and Mohammad. They was moved on to another hotel as they complained
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Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch seem to be involved in a game of anti-immigration Top Trumps. Farage, once the scourge of illegal migrants, quite recently praised the contribution of migrants to the United Kingdom – having considered it expedient to do so. Badenoch meanwhile – whose migrant credentials are impeccable – has done the same.
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The man cave remained in Hull while its regular occupant – me – went to Greece with Mrs Watson. This necessitated a prolonged publishing silence, as I was threatened with violence if I sneaked my laptop into my bag or even tried to write anything on my iPad or phone for the duration. My wife’s
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Cancel THIS is surely the book we have all been waiting for. It is hilarious – mostly – and instructive. I say ‘mostly’ because, at times, you must pinch yourself to be reminded that for over two years the citizens of the world went mad with mask mandates and one-way systems in pubs, while the
I arrived at Hull station this Saturday to catch the train to London, en route to Heathrow Airport to take a flight to Greece. Across the road, hemmed in by high metal barriers and police vans were a handful of protesters, mainly elderly, waving Union Flags and wearing Union Flag t-shirts. I can only assume
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Either I am going mental or the world is going mental. If it’s a bit of both, then the world surely has the upper hand. The man cave is back where it belongs, in the back garden in Hull. At least we’re here for a week, before Mrs Watson and I take our old bones
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The University of Edinburgh’s comedy show, aptly performed during the Festival Fringe, continues. In June, it brought us the highest-paid Scottish vice-chancellor who does not know how much he is paid. Now it presents us with a report enticingly called Decolonised Transformations: Confronting the University of Edinburgh’s History and Legacies of Enslavement and Colonialism. It is
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