OVER the last twenty-odd years I have been chairman of a charity which gives grants to enable children to take part in education either more effectively (by providing aids), or to attend events such as the famous summer-term ‘week away’. Families on low incomes and students with financial difficulties have benefited enormously from what we do. Without our input there are many young people […]
I WENT to Edinburgh University in 1985. At that time, it was only 40 years since the end of the Second World War. It seems extraordinary that it is almost 40 years ago from now. Everyone smoked. Everyone went to the pub. It was cheap. I was on a student grant supplemented by benefits in […]
I WROTE some months ago about stupidity and how it was responsible for the behaviour of many people during the covid hysteria. How could some people behave in such a way that a sizeable minority could only look upon with disbelief? However, stupidity is surely only part of the explanation. The question is why did […]
AS A committed supporter of the many advantages of living in a country with a well established constitutional monarchy, and a great admirer of the late Queen Elizabeth II and her life of service to Great Britain and the British Commonwealth over several decades, I ask this with some trepidation and a heavy heart. However, […]
WE’RE in the second millennium and the twenty-third yearUp here in Craster we’re in rude health, never fearThe utter madness around us makes me smile every dayOur leaders don’t lead, no one believes what they sayWe’ve got climate and covid and Biden’s mad warAnd hate between Islam and Israel expands more and moreThe doctors are […]
WITH the increasing and de-humanising use of self-service tills in supermarkets and elsewhere, there is a way to fight back should you wish to maintain a choice of how to pay for your goods. While I accept that retailers wish to lower overheads, this should not be at the expense of customer choice or service. […]
THIS letter appeared in the Telegraph this week, headed ‘Refugees’ rights’. Sir – It is not outdated to give protection to our fellow human beings who have been trafficked, exploited or tortured, or who have fled bombs and bullets to stay alive (‘PM: Hostile states using migration to destabilise the West’, report, December 17). The Refugee Convention is just […]
ACCORDING to a report from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), dengue fever will soon become common in England. This is based on claims that we will shortly have the same climate as the south of France! The story was well co-ordinated to dominate media headlines. For instance Sky News reported: ‘Asian tiger mosquitoes carrying dengue fever could be common […]
NEXT March, Ireland will hold two referendums on possible changes to the country’s near century-old constitution. It is proposed that a highly significant use of the word ‘woman’ is removed. It is suggested that the constitution’s recognition of the endless unpaid labour that women do should also be removed. In Saturday’s Daily Mail, Laura Perrins argued that […]
This is the second in our series of articles by the much-loved TCW writer Nick Booth, who died in September. It was first published on December 18, 2015. You can read Kathy’s introduction here. PLEASE don’t punch me, but I’m going to offer you some unsolicited advice on motherhood. Yes, I know. I’m fully aware […]
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