In a time of belt-tightening and economic restraint, below are a few recipes — some of which I have developed over time — which beat the budget and are relatively easy to make.

Beneath the recipes are a few words about health in a faddist, ready-meal Western society. After that are a variety of miscellaneous posts, including several on film classics and Hollywood stars. All links open in new tabs/pages.

Posts related to world history and President Donald Trump (the latter from 2017) are at the bottom.

Brunch 

Authentic steak tartare

Poached eggs and Hollandaise sauce

Scones with jam or biscuits and gravy?  You choose!

Budget salmon cheesecake (distinctive and delicious)

Curing your own bacon (also ageing your own meat — more information)

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Starters (Appetizers)

Churchmouse’s rich mushroom soup

Notes on pork hocks and ham hocks (recipe for ham and pea soup)

Sautéed lobe of foie gras

Diced stawberries accompany seared foie gras brilliantly (also cites health benefits from foie gras (NYT, 1991); 2019)

Smoked salmon roulade (easy and elegant)

Budget salmon cheesecake (distinctive and delicious)

British gulls’ eggs (a springtime delicacy which ends on June 30)

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Soups

Runner bean soup with pork steak (a modified recipe from Grandma)

Churchmouse’s rich mushroom soup

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Side dishes and salads

American-style stuffing

Asparagus – a simple how-to guide

Sautéed broad (fava) beans

Preparing and cooking runner beans

Creamed cabbage with bacon

Creamed turnip bake your family will love

Club style peas (an elegant, versatile accompaniment)

Impossible mashed potatoes

Let Chef Mike cook your potatoes

Roasted chips — 100% homemade fries

Seven layer salad — good for those who don’t like vegetables (children love it)

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Main courses

Cuts of beef

Authentic steak tartare

Chicken recipes from France (poulet de Bresse)

Boned duck stuffed with foie gras entier

Crispy roast duck

Poached eggs and Hollandaise sauce

Goose — delicious and healthful

Roast goose — reduce cooking time with brine

Goose: a foolproof recipe for a delicious Christmas dinner

Roasting and carving: little tips for big birds (goose and turkey)

Kidneys Turbigo — and prepping kidneys PROPERLY

Lamb’s hearts — a tasty, affordable alternative to stir-fried steak

Marco Pierre White’s sautéed liver — a must-see video

A presidential favourite: Mary MacLeod Trump’s meat loaf recipe is online

Churchmouse’s rich mushroom soup

Homemade noodles and mushroom sauce — the easy way

Creamy onion tart (suitable for vegetarians)

Roast pheasant

Cuts of pork

Notes on pork hocks and ham hocks (two recipes included)

Runner bean soup with pork steak (a modified recipe from Grandma)

Achieving the perfect crackling on a loin of pork

Large prawns — 8 to 10 per kilo — with sauce from stock

A terrific quiche recipe to try

Whole rabbit is a real treat (Cannes, helpful videos, recipes for marinade, frying and sauce)

Budget salmon cheesecake (distinctive and delicious)

Poached stuffed squid

Free-range turkey may take less time to roast

Churchmouse’s venison casserole: how to disguise gamy meat as beef

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Sauces

Churchmouse’s Romesco-style sauce (for variety meats — offal)

Churchmouse’s prawn truffle sauce (for scallops, red snapper, stuffed squid)

Guest post: gluten-free white sauce (Flyinthesky’s recipe)

Prawn sauce

Red pepper and raspberry sauce for cod (2019, Cannes inspired)

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Desserts and a few sweet shortcuts

Authentic English crumble

Churchmouse’s Mediterranean summer pudding

Churchmouse’s super-moist, super-light apple cake — so easy!

Churchmouse’s Mocha Memory (perfect for Valentine’s Day)

Top tips for foolproof crêpes (base recipe can also be done for savoury)

Crêpes with Churchmouse’s Amaretto sauce

Churchmouse’s Amaretto cake and crème Chantilly

Squash pie — a New England dessert classic

Churchmouse’s easy way to add citrus taste to pies and tarts

Decorating fruit tarts — the French touch (Christophe Michalak)

Piping whipped cream — the French touch (Christophe Michalak)

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Dough and pastry recipes

Rustic no-knead bread — yes, it’s possible — here’s how

Homemade bread — one year on

Homemade bread — two years on

Guest post: sourdough starter’s acetone smell is a necessary step

Sourdough starter — a learning experience

Gluten-free sourdough starter websites

Churchmouse’s homemade bakery-style croissants

Churchmouse’s puff pastry (the real deal, not rough puff)

Homemade strudel — and filo — pastry recipe

Pie crust tips for extra crispiness

Notes on pastry, past and present

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Budget-busting ingredients you can make at home

Breadcrumbs and croutons

The glories of the fat bowl

Homemade stock: good home economics

Vanilla extract

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Saving time on food preparation

Mayonnaise — a great binding agent

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Short food takes

Mixing eggs (save on washing up)

Decorating fruit tarts — the French touch (Christophe Michalak)

Piping whipped cream — the French touch (Christophe Michalak)

Piment d’Espelette overrated (2017 purchase)

Egg substitutes (e.g. aquafaba)

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Getting children involved

Fresh peas and broad (fava) beans

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Culinary terms

Pincé

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Bread – history

Victorian Bakers (BBC2, 2016)

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Bread – motivation and quality

A baker’s simple advice on quality control (2013, France, motivation)

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Prayer

The Kitchen Prayer

Food as ‘sacrament’

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School lunch

Young Americans hope Trump will make school lunch great again

Trump makes school lunch great again, thanks to Sonny Perdue (May 2017)

Winning the school lunch battle

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Great chefs

Alexis Soyer: the French chef who transformed British cooking for everyone (1810-1858)

Philippe Conticini, a great French pâtissier (Michelin-starred restaurateur who went on to pastry)

Christophe Felder, maître pâtissier (his father was a baker)

Great chefs: why Michelin-starred food costs so much (Georges Blanc, Bernard Loiseau, Alain Senderens, Charles Fontès and a brief history of the Michelin Guide)

Jean-François Piège: chef and businessman (2-starred Michelin chef since 2011)

Marco Pierre White’s sautéed liver — a must-see video

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MasterChef UK

MasterChef and kitchen hygiene (April 2013)

Finally, a normal Londoner wins MasterChef — congratulations, Natalie Coleman! (May 2013)

Catering college and those with emotional difficulties (MasterChef the Professionals, June 2013)

MasterChef: nearly the only BBC series I watch (background to the series and summary of the 2018 edition, April 2018)

MasterChef 2018: more on Kenny Tutt and what happens behind the scenes (April 2018)

MasterChef UK 2021: congratulations, Tom Rhodes (April 2021)

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The food business

Attention all diners: Anthony Bourdain’s restaurant revelations from 1999

Food trucks — friends or foes for owners? (2016)

Langan’s Brasserie: a true London classic (2023; Richard Young, photographer)

Noodle & Snack: London’s most authentic Chinese restaurant (2023)

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Family recipes

The family recipe collection, the household treasure trove (2021, Jay Rayner)

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Herbs — garden remedies

Summer herbs: the power of oregano

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Breakfast — love it or loathe it

Paediatrician says children can skip breakfast

Breakfast is optional (American and English research trials)

Hunger between breakfast and lunch (blame carbs and low fat)

Fitness trainer on breakfast and the body (insulin, cortisol and ghrelin)

Breakfast myths debunked

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Weight loss

Western diet worries: the body, nutrients and grazing

Weight gain — when the overweight adopt an athlete’s diet

Diet: the case against grazing

Insulin and diet

Low carb high fat diet primer

The dangers of corn syrup

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Modern food

Weston A Price Foundation: a traditional health site to explore

Milk: less healthful today than a century ago?

1936 US Senate document: soil deficiency causes sickness — part 1

1936 US Senate document: soil deficiency causes sickness — part 2

‘Sick soil’ — what happened after the Second World War

Potassium deficiency — part 1

Potassium deficiency — part 2

Potassium deficiency — part 3

How carbs went mainstream (breakfast cereals and Seventh-day Adventists)

Restaurant food — too simple or too weird

Food secrets from a Tour de France chef (Hannah Grant)

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Grocery shopping

In 1922, Britain’s food already came from all over the world

When the supermarket trumps the greengrocer — parts 1 and 2

Old Monsanto-related quotes about GMO foods (something to keep in mind when shopping)

French markets — foodie heaven! (includes England)

Cuts of beef

Cuts of pork

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Coffee

The highs and lows of coffee from around the world

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Non-alcoholic drinks

Hibiscus tonic water: a product of Japan and the UK (Merchant’s Heart, Suntory)

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Wine, gin and other alcoholic drinks

Wine: appropriate or not?

Secrets of the Sommeliers — informative but biased?

Becoming a good sommelier

Wine goblets ‘fuelling obesity epidemic’?

Food and drink do go together (excess drink inhibits ‘feel-good’ chemicals in the brain)

How to make a cracking glass of Pimm’s

Grappa — a very brief introduction

Gordon’s Premium Pink Gin ideal for the ladies (2018)

Silent Pool Gin: a treat for the holidays (2018)

Pinkster Gin rocks with raspberries (2018)

Pol Roger Champagne scion dies (2022)

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Gardening, animals — and the universe

Martin Luther’s love of God’s creation (brief, stellar quotes)

Birds — ‘God’s professors’

Harmless plants? Not always (fig trees, giant hogweed, Madagascar palm)

Time to check plants for pests (May – July, natural methods)

Homegrown fruit success! (gooseberries, cherries and a follow-up on the previous post)

The intrigue of the night sky (the moon before Summer Solstice 2015)

Grow plants in wine bottles

Short video of octupi in camouflage (July 2019)

Animal videos: balm for the soul (July 2022; lionesses, penguin)

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Socio-political reality

YouGov study: left and right wing political views often overlap (August 2019)

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Holidays (in monthly order)

Bastille Day

My Bastille Day menu (July 14, 2019)

Thanksgiving Day

Tuesday: it’s not too early to start Thanksgiving prep (how to make bone broth, add butter and salt)

Thanksgiving: a time to reflect on blessings, past and present

The Thanksgiving story seasoned with Calvinism

The first Thanksgiving in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1621 (also Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s 1941 proclamation)

George Washington and the first Thanksgiving proclamation (1789)

Abraham Lincoln’s Proclamation of Thanksgiving (1863)

Happy Thanksgiving! (miscellaneous links)

The importance of Thanksgiving for those overseas (2022, Jordan Cracknell)

Christmas

Real Christmas trees — a solution to needle drop

Goose — delicious and healthful

Roast goose — reduce cooking time with brine

Christmas dinner made simple (2015)

Roasting and carving: little tips for big birds (goose and turkey)

Notes on Christmas 2014 (more on big birds and wine)

British attitudes towards Christmas (Victorian times to the present)

Bizarre Christmas cards from the 19th century

Louis Prang — father of the American Christmas card (he’s not without a past)

Humans are hard-wired to affirm life (New Year food from around the world)

Janus, the Roman keeper of doorways (2017, related to the New Year, new beginnings and language)

Galette des Rois — King Cake (can be eaten on and during the season of Epiphany)

Epiphany and king cake — a history

The English tradition of Plough Monday (first Monday after Epiphany, more feasting)

Easter extravaganza: roast Spring lamb au jus, with roast potatoes and devilled eggs

Catholic Cuisine: celebrating the Church year in food

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Potable — drinkable — water

Potable water a coming reality for millions thanks to graphene film (2018, 2017)

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Etiquette / Hostess gifts / Being a good guest

Leonidas — best value for money (UK/Europe, Easter eggs, 2018)

Etiquette and the ‘French touch’

Orchids make a delightful hostess present (hint: leave them alone)

For food lovers young and old

How not to be a guest

Silent Pool Gin: a treat for the holidays (2018)

The Royal Butler’s etiquette tips (2021, Grant Harrold)

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Gift ideas

White deep pasta dishes

For food lovers young and old

Leonidas — best value for money (UK/Europe, Easter eggs, 2018)

Silent Pool Gin: a treat for the holidays (2018)

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Hotel stays

John Cleese on hospitality (2019, Canada)

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Food in general

Leonidas Easter Eggs — best value for money (in Europe, 2018)

Cadbury Dairy Milk: when chocolate won’t melt, there’s a problem (2013)

Cadbury discontinues chocolate coins at Christmas (2014)

Where does our food come from? Woeful ignorance continues

Misconceptions about nicotinic acid — niacin

When the supermarket trumps the greengrocer — part 1

When the supermarket trumps the greengrocer — part 2

English strawberry recommendation (and indoor tomato plant, June 2017, Tesco [supermarket])

Butchery, the Shambles and burgesses

French baker wins invention prize for hot baguette dispenser (2014)

There’s baking — and then there’s pastry (2015)

In celebration of the cheeseburger (US National Cheeseburger Day, September 18)

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Cooking in general

Basics for the starter kitchen

A more efficient kitchen — not just for the holidays

Children in the kitchen? Now we’re cookin’!

Men, boys — there’s no reason why you cannot cook!

Fussy eating — I’m fed up

‘Darling, take me somewhere!’

Catering college and those with emotional difficulties

There’s baking — and then there’s pastry (2015)

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Culinary history

Culinary artifacts: the Washington and Goldenrod cakes (Save My Bakery)

Author says that humans once had 6,000 plant varieties for food (2021)

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Obesity

The enduring mystery of obesity and diet (19th century, 2007; John Harvey Kellogg, overconsumption of corn)

Obesity following the same narrative as smoking

Shame the obese into losing weight — more from the Tobacco Control template

Obesity and carbohydrates

How our bodies process carbohydrates

Dieting, hunger and carbohydrates

How carbohydrates make us fat (useful infographic from Massive Health)

Are we rediscovering the truth about fat being good for us?

The ‘science’ behind sustained weight loss and management (2022, Imperial College London)

The body does not treat all calories alike (2022)

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Low-fat, high-carb diets increase depression

Does low animal fat intake increase hostility or depression? (a hypothesis)

Fat and a balanced mind (low-fat diets can imbalance serotonin and nerves)

Depression and anxiety: the perils of a low-fat, high-carb diet

High carbohydrate intake and depression

Depression and cancer: more evidence against a low-fat diet

High carbohydrate intake and depression (also epilepsy related [Dr Richard A Kunin’s paper])

High-carb, low-fat diets might cause Western diseases (cancer related)

Low-carb diet a migraine remedy

Low-carb, high-fat diets regulate testosterone, cholesterol levels

Ketogenic diet and gout risk — tips for success

Resources for the ketogenic diet

Low carb high fat diet primer

Dietary advice: the old ways are the best (my own story on the ketogenic diet)

High carb, low fat diets bad for brain health — and moods? (more testimonials for the ketogenic diet)

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Alzheimer’s, dementia, Down Syndrome and other disabilities

Helping Alzheimer’s patients: the ‘train ride’ (assisted living in France, originating in Italy)

Helping dementia patients: The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes (2018, Bristol, England’s Michelin-starred Josh Eggleton and his experiment)

Helping the disabled: coffee shops and cafes make good employers (2019)

Diet and dementia (2019, there is no silver bullet)

Classical composers with physical disabilities (19th, early 20th century)

US Supreme Court hearings: moving testimony on Amy Coney Barrett (2020, from a disabled student of hers)

Two studies show that animal protein and fats help young and old (February and March 2021; vegan children’s diet bad, first randomised Alzheimer’s study)

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Coronavirus

Why soap and water are essential

Reminder: Vitamin D is essential for health

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For refreshment — the joys of tobacco

John Updike on pipe smoking

Coronavirus mitigation: French researchers study nicotine (April 22, 2020; good news for smokers)

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For refreshment — places to visit in England

Great Britain and great cooking!

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For refreshment – places to visit in the United States

If you’re a history buff, a special Virginia B & B awaits

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For refreshment – Cannes

Cannes notebook 2019: parts 1, 2 and 3

The religious history of Cannes

Cannes: one of the world’s most beautiful cities (2015 and includes links to previous years’ posts)

Cannes restaurants — return visits: Au Mal Assis (2017, 2019)

Cannes restaurants — return visits: Aux P’tits Anges (2017, 2019)

Cannes restaurants — return visits: Gaston Gastounette (2017, 2019)

Cannes restaurants — return visits: L’Assiette Provençale (2017, 2019)

Cannes restaurants — return visits: La Brouette de Grand-mère (2017, 2019)

Cannes restaurants — return visits: Le Hit — Chez Jean-Louis (2017, 2019; also respect to Au Bec Fin — the predecessor)

Cannes restaurants — return visits: La Potinière (2019)

Cannes restaurants — return visits: La Table du Chef (2017, 2019)

Cannes restaurants — return visits: Le Pistou (2017, 2019)

Cannes restaurants — return visits: Le Rendez-Vous (2017, 2019)

Cannes notebook 2017: summary

Cannes restaurants — return visits: Chez Astoux (2017)

Dining in Cannes — getting the best experience (2015)

Cannes restaurants: Au Mal Assis (2015)

Cannes restaurants: Aux Bons Enfants (2015)

Cannes restaurants: Chez Astoux (2015)

Cannes restaurants: L’Antidote (2015 — hmm)

Cannes restaurants: Le Bistrot du Suquet (2015)

Cannes restaurants: Le Bistrot Gourmand (2015)

Cannes restaurants: Le Pistou (2015)

Cannes restaurants: Maître Renard (2015)

Cannes restaurants: Mantel (2015 — hmm)

Cannes restaurants: Le Rendez-Vous (2015)

Cannes restaurants: Restaurant Catherine (2015 — hmm)

Cannes restaurants, English speakers and the menu dég (2013)

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French mass-produced products

Monoprix bread no longer what it was (2017, Cannes)

French snacks: Bret’s crisps (2017)

French supermarket delights: smoked eel and trout (2017)

French cheeses: Banon and Neufchâtel (2017)

French sausage: Saucisses de Montbéliard (2017)

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For children

‘The Golden Windows’ — a good classic story for children (suitable for Thanksgiving)

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Children — help them!

Europe and children in public (September 2017)

British survey of grandparents towards babies’ names (September 2017)

How to spot predators

Horrified American mother finds twisted YouTube Kids videos (2018, 2019; paediatrician Dr Free N. Hess; suicide related)

Church of England academy assigns adults-only homework (May 2020)

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Health in general

Teeth

On cough syrup (2020)

Apologetics Corner: Christians and animals

Lenin’s anti-smoking stance on the Sealed Train

Misconceptions about nicotinic acid — niacin

Coronavirus mitigation: French researchers study nicotine (April 22, 2020; good news for smokers)

Why do we insist on prolonging childhood?

Are you ‘selfish’ enough to take care of your own health?

Britons find out about cancer diagnoses in Accident and Emergency

Caring for your own health

The negative effects of adrenaline — and the importance of calm

Notes on laser eye surgery

Food scares the elites can ignore (e.g. red or processed meat)

The importance of eating meat throughout one’s life (especially red meat)

Professor Philippe Even’s The Truth about Cholesterol (and statins)

THINCS: More debunking of the cholesterol myth

British cardiologist’s warning about statins

How depressed are we, really?

Depression: serotonin levels might be irrelevant

Jack LaLanne: child terror who made good through diet and exercise

Catering college and those with emotional difficulties

Forbidden Bible Verses: Mark 7 — ‘all foods clean’

Free agency, neuroscience and mental health diagnoses

Yes, we can change — an old idea that needs more publicity (2023; brain plasticity)

Healthy lifestyle mandates — we were warned

Pork: a lean, healthful meat alternative

The faithless West, the Worried Well and the New Flagellants

Weston A Price Foundation: a traditional health site to explore

Bad science: obesity, cholesterol, statistics and statins (Dr David Diamond returns to meat and good health)

Does low animal fat intake increase hostility or depression? (a hypothesis)

Fat and a balanced mind (low-fat diets can imbalance serotonin and nerves)

When we trust prescription drugs — perhaps unwisely (second half of post discusses smoking cessation drug Chantix / Champix)

Can preventive medicine harm health?

Terra Nova think tank founder Olivier Ferrand, 42, has died (cardiologist instructs us to match exercise regime to age group)

Is that a man or a woman? (a male phenomenon)

Michael Douglas’s cancer story — a cautionary tale

Chicago police on heat waves and urban violence (think cool thoughts, be aware that others cannot)

Hurricane Sandy shines a light on Bloomberg — and others (2012; once again, Mitt was right)

Health headlines from February 2015 (dishwasher and peanut allergens, high-fat diet)

Doctor explains why he chose Emergency Medicine (2018)

British meat sales rise; so much for Veganuary 2021

Inside the world of ‘luxury wellness’: spas and rehab (2021)

Your feet rule your posture, ankles and hips (2022)

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Ethics

Do small families interest only Westerners?

How Obama’s ‘point people’ could affect your life

Disabled children and their right to life

Children’s euthanasia legal in parts of Europe (and — American Christians favour euthanasia)

The Paralympics Story: Sir Ludwig Guttmann’s ‘best of men’

England, act early in 2014: the NHS care.data junk mail leaflet (personal health details)

The NHS: something must be done to help patient outcomes (2022)

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Halal

UK: Halal by stealth?

Halal: unavoidable when it’s all about export and cost-cutting

France: The evolution of halal

Halal, Africa and the Christian life

Halal and the Christian conscience

More UK and Ireland Subway outlets become halal-only (2014)

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The daylight years

Society photographer Dafydd Jones’s lost world of the Bright Young Things (1980s)

If you haven’t failed, you’ve never done anything (Daughn post)

Millennial life in the slow lane

The true meaning of ‘trauma’ (microaggression-related)

Opinions: the difference between feeling and thinking

Art and reality (acrylic paints, paint brushes and the Ferguson, MO depiction)

TRUE: online nastiness reveals psychological issues (2020; trolling)

Young British entrepreneur helps ex-prisoners develop careers (2022; good news)

Solo holidays CAN be enjoyable (2022)

The nightclub: an important youth ritual (2022)

John MacArthur on an overindulged, complaining generation — and an update (1970-2022, Gillian Bridge)

Arriving at a UK airport: confessions of a Border Force officer (2022)

Is Britain moving from the weekend to the four-day work week? (2023)

The Guardian considers ChatGPT (2023)

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The teatime years

Lessons learned at the age of 40 (2022)

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The twilight years

Relive childhood pleasures before it’s too late (part 1 of 2)

The return of the ice cream van — one moment, one afternoon only (part 2 of 2)

Elder abuse — another reason to not grow old

Non-productive? You’ll just have to die

Ageism and the media: some fare better than others

GB News: Nigel Farage meets 102-year-old D-Day veteran (June 2022)

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Bad Science

Secular pietism says you’re forever children

Poor morals lead to bad science — and bad policy

France’s latest anti-smoking ‘mesurette (Conservative Yves Bur and Socialist Marisol Touraine agree – 2013)

Follow-up on France’s health minister (Socialist Marisol Touraine’s son)

France: Anti-tobacco, anti-alcohol health minister wants shooting galleries (more from Marisol Touraine)

Warning: Health insurance, Obamacare and American smokers

Statistics on statistics

Medical data show smoking does NOT cause lung cancer (known since 1985)

A former transgender’s shock revelations (Walt Heyer)

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Illicit and Synthetic Drugs

Legalise drugs? Not just yet

Synthetic dope: just because it’s legal doesn’t mean its safe

Drug alert: smoking ‘wet’

US Navy doctor on ‘bath salts’: ‘no fad, it’s a nightmare’

Tobacco Control — guiding people towards mind-altering drugs?

2014 Observer poll: British attitudes towards drugs

Drugs in the dark net marketplace

UK’s head of drugs disruption unit discusses his work

Cocaine user discusses his love of drugs

Upper middle class ethics: cocaine, people and fish

France: Anti-tobacco, anti-alcohol health minister wants shooting galleries

Ketamine: from party to pity

Ketamine’s effect on the urinary tract — and brain

Hallucinogens, truth drugs, the higher mind and the rise of LSD

More on LSD’s chequered past

Aldous Huxley, LSD and CIA programmes

LSD: The 21st century clamour for clinical use

Purple Drank hits UK: ‘obviously, we wanted to try it’

Mind-altering drugs and the Bible

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The anti-pleasure confidence trick

Advocacy groups control us and we finance them

Advocacy groups say one type of smoke is superior to another

Richard Daynard and John Banzhaf: Food and Tobacco Control share people, tactics

Tobacco Control’s Ruth Malone

Medical data show smoking does NOT cause lung cancer (known since 1985)

Food scares the elites can ignore (e.g. red or processed meat)

Report finds ‘nanny state’ does not increase life expectancy (May 2021; tobacco, alcohol)

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The bogus science behind Tobacco Control

Bogus science at your expense: Professor Philippe Even debunks so-called danger

Bogus science at your expense: Professor Robert Molimard discusses ‘manipulation’

France’s Professor Molimard warns against Big Pharma in Tobacco Control

Bogus science at your expense: Professor John B Davies foresees ‘gas chambers’

Bogus science at your expense: Professor Romano Grieshaber speaks out

Poor morals lead to bad science — and bad policy

The truth behind the smoker’s lung pictures — they’re fake

Medical data show smoking does NOT cause lung cancer (known since 1985)

Tobacco Control, governments, untruths and conflict of interest

Tobacco Control — guiding people towards mind-altering drugs?

France: Anti-tobacco, anti-alcohol health minister wants shooting galleries

Tobacco Control play a dangerous game

2012 French statistics on tobacco misleading

Medical benefits of nicotine and a few thoughts on Tobacco Control

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Beware Big Pharma

Clinical trials for prescription drugs

Nortriptyline versus smoking: when the cure is worse than the ‘disease’

Eszoplicone for sleepless nights — how about warm milk instead?

Zolpidem sleeping tablets — read side effects list carefully

Prescription drugs essential to gun control debate — look at Paxil

Psychotropic drugs contribute to mass shootings

SSRIs can affect behaviour — suicide, cutting, drink, drugs, violence

Mind the pill intake and take charge of your own health (children, adults)

Big Pharma raking in cash from narcotics addicts

Professor Philippe Even’s The Truth about Cholesterol (and statins)

THINCS: More debunking of the cholesterol myth

British cardiologist’s warning about statins

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#Octabber (counterpart to the NHS’s Stopober) – 2013

#Octabber redux

Who owns your body?

Bans — when it’s time to re-examine

Unprotected speech

France’s Professor Molimard warns against Big Pharma in Tobacco Control

Trusting those without vices — a history lesson (includes Nazi anti-smoking graphics)

On tobacco smoking in the 21st century

Smokers die young — or not

Dutch study shows whose health costs are least

Why doesn’t the UK focus on everyday violence instead of tobacco?

Smokers, quitters and employment

Tobacco Control myth busted — ‘the cost of smoking’

The Left’s selective health targeting

Young people gradually moving towards drugs

Are we nearing Aldous Huxley’s drug-addled future?

Crime — a real health hazard, sometimes fatal

Not so long ago, the UK had tobacco relief for the elderly

As #Octabber ends, 10 thoughts on Tobacco Control

Wise words to an elderly lady complaining about her husband’s smoking and drinking (2021; Richard Madeley)

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#Octabber 2014

Time to point out statism, health control and peer pressure

Third Reich science and today’s smoking bans

Smoking bans and property rights

Smoking bans: one size does not fit all

Tobacco Control: what ASH should tell us (Are they in favour of drugs?)

Medical data show smoking does NOT cause lung cancer (known since 1985)

Nicotine benefits the brain in several ways

Medical benefits of nicotine and a few thoughts on Tobacco Control

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#Octabber 2015

The regrettable plight of vapers

Cancer spokeswoman: effects of long-term nicotine use unknown

The lung cancer meme — a history

Athletes and tobacco — a history

Today’s athletes — and teens — favour cannabis and K2

Why Germany hasn’t yet banned cigarette advertising (Third Reich alert)

My encounter with Tobacco Control

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Online gambling

The dangers of online gambling (2022; UK, France, suicide)

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Sexuality and relationships

A health hazard affecting us and our relationships (over-emphasis on sex — not for children)

Adolescent sexual assault — a very real health hazard (not for children)

After four years as a woman, Briton returns to manhood (January 21, 2020)

Survey: Friendship is more important to British university students than intimate relations (April 29, 2021)

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False memory syndrome — guest posts

Lleweton’s False Memory – Devilish Therapy

Lleweton’s Smoke and Fire

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Our public appearance

Time for a ‘digital detox’? (Get rid of the phones and tablets!)

Interviewing tips — the small stuff does matter

Successful dating in a difficult world (includes table manners)

A sure way to get men to stop wearing saggy trousers (these reveal underwear)

Time for an Eleventh Commandment? Thou shalt not let thyself go

Hairdressers? Hmm …

Beards in Britain (2016, includes man buns)

The far-from-aesthetic sisterhood of pantsuits

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Personal conduct

On being a good neighbour — not a busybody

Winning well

Illegal job interviewers’ questions

‘Sexist’ language? Do as you would be done by

More on ‘sexist’ language — do as you would be done by (2015, Alex Polizzi)

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Dating

Successful dating in a difficult world (includes table manners)

Dating — part 1: the serendipitous meeting that ends in marriage

Dating — part 2: the online world

Dating — part 3: recovering from rejection

Dating: true love feels warm and cosy

Thoughts on St Valentine’s Day 2023

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Social media

Social media: you, too, could become a meme

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The business world

Thoughts on one’s family-owned business (2016)

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Good news

Milwaukee bus driver stops to rescue toddler (2019)

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Photography — an art form

Boris Johnson on the campaign trail (autumn 2019; Stefan Rousseau of The Press Association)

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History

The Moor’s Head on flags and in heraldry

May 1: a religious — and romantic — day

Of buttons and velvet slippers (the Amish and the Popes in different measure)

The Renaissance — the origin of statecraft and conspiracy theory

The story of priest holes  in Tudor England

The Battle of Lepanto — October 7, 1571 (revisited October 12, 2018)

The American Revolution — and a Corsican connection

American liberty — with thanks to France!

Inauguration Day — a history (18th – 21st centuries)

Constitution Day — September 17 (remembering 1787)

James Madison’s reasons for supporting a republic over a democracy (November 23, 1787, Federalist No. 10)

How George Washington died — horribly (December 14, 1799)

Wife selling (18th – 21st centuries)

Marriage and women — from fribbles to the French

Interesting Father’s Day photos (2017 with 19th century history of the day from the Civil War to a mining accident in 1908)

British thoughts on Father’s Day (2021)

The Daily Telegraph‘s letters through the centuries (2016, Victorian concerns explored)

Waterloo moments in history (1815 – 1970s)

Military battles: why ask ‘What if …?’ (2015, Waterloo)

What you might not know about Henry David Thoreau (1846-1847, Walden)

Timeline of the Statue of Liberty and The New Colossus (1865-1886, 1903)

A Cambridge tradition — Heffers bookshop (est. 1876)

Portrait of a marriage: Prince Albert’s letters to Queen Victoria (1841-1861)

When Queen Victoria visited Nice

February 2: Queen Victoria died on this day in 1901

Film shows well dressed, trim New Yorkers (1912)

Britain’s mood during the Great War (First World War)

Remembrance Day: In Flanders Fields (remembering 1915)

The Great War: the Blackadder effect and the truth about officers

Centenary of the Battle of the Somme — July 1, 2016

British women in the Great War — part 1

British women in the Great War — part 2

British women in the Great War — part 3

Thoughts for a weekend of Remembrance (2017, centenary of Passchendaele)

The Great War’s end in 1918

November 11: We will remember (2014)

First World War shrines preceded the Cenotaph

Remembering the Great War — France looks to Britain (2014)

Tower of London’s poppy display attracts millions (2014)

A French perspective on remembering the Great War (2014)

On November 11, ‘pause, reflect, remember’ (2019; place poppy leaf at 11 o’clock position)

Remembrance Sunday enters new era with King Charles (2022)

2015 — Britain’s Women’s Institutes celebrate centenary

The Queen’s 2018 Christmas message (remembering the centenary of the first ever service of Nine Lessons and Carols held at King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, thanks to the Revd Eric Milner White)

England after the Great War: the decline and fall of the country estate

The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 (summer of 1926 – summer of 1927)

Amazing 1934 film shows acrobat stunt on top of Empire State Building

Second World War memories of child evacuees – part 1

Second World War memories of child evacuees – part 2

Second World War memories of child evacuees – part 3 (Michael Aspel, television presenter)

A vanishing breed – part 1 (Major Denis Arnold)

A vanishing breed – part 2 (Baroness Platt of Whittle)

June 6, 1944 – Normandy Landings, D-Day

American July 4 anniversaries

A bit of history for Independence Day (July 4, 2017)

August 1944 – Liberation of Provence, Operation Dragoon (Anvil)

70th anniversary of VE Day brings celebration, remembrance (2015)

Memories of VE Day and the Second World War (2015)

How the Queen celebrated VE Day in 1945

The Deluge of 1940: death and destruction in North Carolina

Great creations from the 1940s (Cluedo and two July 5 anniversaries: the NHS and the bikini)

February 5, 1953: sweets rationing ended in Britain

The Establishment (original definition, 1955)

Adlai Stevenson II on freedom and safety

Inaugurations in the mid-20th century – part 1 (Eisenhower 1953, 1957)

Inaugurations in the mid-20th century – part 2 (Kennedy 1961) (includes Eisenhower’s farewell address)

1963: the political context at the time of JFK’s assassination

A bit of television history for 30-somethings (political coverage in 1960, 1980)

Freedom prevails: 1960 comic book then and Eastern Europe now

The Christmas message from Outer Space (December 24, 1968)

The absence of values in today’s society (2013, see also my grandmother’s burglary story from the 1970s)

Crime — a real health hazard, sometimes fatal (2013, references above story)

Ronald Reagan’s advice to conservatives (1980s)

Thoughts on the Berlin Wall 30 years on (1961-1989; 30th anniversary of fall in 2019)

The historical complexity of Germany — past and present (1989-2019; Berlin Wall, reunification, Maastricht Treaty, the EU and more)

Betty Boothroyd: only woman Speaker of the House of Commons (1992-2000; also Bernard Weatherill, Michael Martin, John Bercow)

Donald Trump and 9/11 (structural analysis from the property developer President)

Churchill commemorations in 2015

A reader asks how the UK government works (21st century, prairie123)

We have the politicians we deserve (21st century)

From the modern to the mediaeval in 40 years (Muslim women’s attire)

Algerian campaign: ‘Be a Man’ (2015, see aforementioned post about Muslim women’s attire)

Princess Charlotte of Cambridge christened (2015)

English couple celebrate 75th wedding anniversary (2015)

The Queen as you’ve never seen her (2015, longest reigning monarch in Britain)

Ben Carson’s incredible life story — and race for the White House (2015)

Email inventor Ray Tomlinson dies (2016)

How Nancy Reagan adapted to change (2016)

The Queen turns 90 on April 21 (2016, includes retrospective on her life)

The Queen as seen through French eyes (2016, recent photos with interesting facts)

The Queen’s ten principles for success (2016, from 2015 television programme)

The Queen’s 90th birthday walkabout: ‘We’re in the happiness business’ (2016)

Street parties celebrating the Queen’s 90th birthday criticised (2016, classic Guardian)

Boston’s famous Citgo sign in peril (2016)

The World Series and media bias (2016, Cubs’ historic win)

The lighter side of Christmas (2016, Trump Santa Bumper Edition)

The Queen marks her Sapphire Jubilee — a first for Britain’s monarchy (2017)

Superbowl LI: Patriots ‘can’t win’ then emerge victorious (2017)

Dame Vera Lynn — The Forces’ Sweetheart — turns 100 (March 20, 2017 and still alive)

Remembering Billy Graham (died aged 99, 1918-2018)

Something to think about (Democrats — 19th century to the present)

Famous Episcopalians: rest in peace, Barbara Bush (April 17, 2018)

When Harry wed Meghan (Saturday, May 19, 2018)

Pollock’s Toy Museum and Benjamin Pollock’s Toy Shop (19th century to the present)

July 10, 2018 — Britain’s Royal Air Force celebrates centenary

Separated by war and totalitarianism, Korean families reunite (August 20-26, 2018)

On John McCain: Sarah Palin says it best (August 26, 2018)

November 11, 2018 marks the centenary of Armistice Day

The lesser seen side of GHW Bush’s funeral (December 5, 2018)

Rest in peace, Richard Overton — America’s oldest veteran (2018, a God-fearing churchgoing smoker and drinker until the end)

Washington DC picturesque under snow (January 2019)

Pennsylvania barbershop promotes children’s reading (January 12, education)

Tropical Trump — Brazil’s Bolsonaro — on education and the Left (January 13)

Super Bowl LIII: Congratulations, New England Patriots! (February 3)

Happy Silver Anniversary to the Channel Tunnel! (May 6)

What happened to Prince Harry?  (July 31)

Prince Andrew’s interview did him no favours (November 16, BBC Newsnight with Emily Maitlis)

Why people are angry with Prince Andrew (November 16, BBC Newsnight with Emily Maitlis)

Prince Andrew leaving public life and highlights from BBC interview (November 16, BBC Newsnight with Emily Maitlis)

BBC interview: why Prince Andrew continued Epstein friendship (November 16, BBC Newsnight with Emily Maitlis; Ghislaine Maxwell)

Piers Morgan on the snowflake generation — and their elders (December 23)

Christmas 2019 speech: the Queen looks forward to a new decade (December 25)

Florence Nightingale’s bicentenary (May 12, 2020)

Americana personified — Rush Limbaugh: 1950 – 2021 (February 17, 2021)

Rest in peace, Prince Philip: 1921-2021 (April 9)

Prince Philip’s funeral: April 17, 2021 (April 17)

The media did Prince Philip a disservice during his long life  (April 19)

Memories of Prince Philip (April 21; the Queen’s 95th birthday)

April 21: the Queen’s birthdays in springtime colour (her 95th birthday)

State Opening of Parliament in a time of coronavirus (May 11)

Boris quietly ties the knot for third time (May 29; Boris Johnson)

How Boris Johnson’s wedding was kept a secret (May 29)

England’s Euro 2020 success revives notion of Englishness (July 5)

Euro 2020: football’s not home, but in Rome (July 11)

July 23, 2021: Historic County Flags Day in England

Rest in peace, Jackie Mason: 1928-2021 (July 24)

November 11, Armistice Day: we will remember (Remembrance Day 2021, centenary of the British Royal Legion)

Remembrance Sunday 2021: a return to normal, apart from the Queen’s absence

The Duchess of Cambridge turns 40 (January 9, 2022)

January 16, 2022: the Republic of Ireland’s centenary

A quick look at the Palace of Westminster, home to Parliament (January 20)

Two Britons say it is time to promote marriage (May 29; Louise Perry, Peter Hitchens)

August 15: Happy Birthday, Princess Anne! (August 15, 72nd birthday)

The Queen Mother was more complex than thought (October 2022, new book)

News in brief: a happy relationship, outgrowing the marital bed, and the Christmas widow (November 2022)

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Chaperones

A school chaperone’s role is an onerous one (January 18, 2019, March for Life, Covington Catholic High School)

Covington Catholic: responsible media backtracked (January 20, March for Life, Covington Catholic High School)

Covington Catholic: doxxing followed by support on a fateful weekend (January 20-21, Covington Catholic High School)

Covington Catholic: when the media narrative turned (January 21-22, Covington Catholic High School)

Covington Catholic: clergy quick to condemn, from near and far (January – February 13, diocese and two archdioceses)

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Miscellany

Christmas films: It’s a Wonderful Life

Christmas films: It’s a Wonderful Life and Frank Capra

Christmas films: It’s a Wonderful Life and Karolyn ‘Zuzu’ Grimes

Christmas films: Mary Poppins

Christmas films: The Bishop’s Wife

Christmas films: The Snowman

Christmas films: The Sound of Music

A must-see Christmas documentary: Wild Tales from the Village (BBC2, 2016)

News in brief: a happy relationship, outgrowing the marital bed, and the Christmas widow (November 2022, Christmas virtue signalling)

Hurricane Sandy shines a light on Bloomberg — and others (2012; once again, Mitt was right)

Lifting the lid off the piano (2015)

Classical music good for children

Classical composers with physical disabilities

Jericho (television series, 2016 — England’s 19th c. history, American blacks and railway building)

Friday, June 6, 2014 is the 70th anniversary of D-Day

The folly of (some) famous men of letters (be careful before buying into their messages)

A sociologist’s predictions for our times? (Pitrim A. Sorokin)

Guest post by Lleweton: Fleet Street, a lost Bohemia

Guest post by Lleweton: Fleet Street’s cut and paste diplomacy

Guest post by Lleweton: The perils of copytasting

Historical films and playing with truth

John Wayne’s war record — none

GBBO‘s Mary Berry: ‘How blessed we are’ (may we always appreciate modern conveniences)

Life in 19th century England was no bowl of cherries (more on Mary Berry’s ancestors)

Towns that have changed name — and one that hasn’t

‘I knew I had to study …’ (21st century French member of the historic nobility)

A good education averts poverty (21st century Englishman tells of father’s financial woes)

Children’s ‘classics’? You might be surprised! (2014-2015)

Caution advised on children’s dictionary (2007-2015)

How adult content damages relationships (2022, pornography’s effect on women and children)

Plain speaking? Yes, please!

Last Briton from the Victorian era goes to her rest (2015)

More on the San Diego marathon runner — aged 92 (2015)

A shepherd’s life — humble and hard (2015)

Eagle cam — see the video! (2018)

Jellyfish enjoys a fish for lunch (2021)

Conversations: we’re liked more than we know (2018 study)

Have we lost the lively art of conversation? (2021, arguing and labelling instead of debating)

London Series 19 begins a new era in baseball (2019, London Stadium)

Touching video of delivery man and American flag (2020, February 11)

Cool dogs: Bulldogs on skateboards (2020, two videos and health profiles of Bulldogs)

Americana personified — Rush Limbaugh: 1950 – 2021 (2021, February 17)

Britons in two camps: what’s better, the Georgian or the Victorian era? (July 2021)

Social mobility: oh for the days when one could get ahead without a degree (August 2021, advertising genius Mo Drake’s obituary)

The death knell for men’s suits, a British hallmark of good taste (2021, August 29; Marks & Spencer)

Michael Caine, 88, ready to retire (October 2021)

It’s time to revive the postcard (October 2021)

New book tells how abandoned cattle revert to feral ways (2021, Orkney)

Winston Churchill’s niece Clarissa Eden, 101, dies (2021)

A brief history of Collins publishing house, a Scottish success (2022; Jan Collins obituary, The Eton Society — or Pop)

2022 year end news follow-ups

2022 year end news (gas futures normalising, EU inflation, Churchill’s cigar)

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Ukraine

Ukraine: the talented Zelenskyys (2022, conflict with Putin)

Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy addresses UK parliament: a first for a foreign leader (March 8, 2022)

Mark Steyn visits Ukraine for GB News (March 15-17, 2022)

Short takes on Ukraine (March 7-21, 2022)

Retired Russian military officer gives Russian news show bad news on Ukraine (May 16)

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The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, 2022

The Telegraph’s article on the death of George VI in 1952 (February 6, 1952)

Margaret Thatcher’s 1952 article on the Queen and the new Elizabethan era (February 17, 1952)

Reliving Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation: majesty never to be repeated (June 2, 1953)

More memories of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation (June 2, 1953)

Queen Elizabeth II’s maids of honour remember Coronation Day (June 2, 1953)

Key dates for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Queen announces that Camilla will become Queen Consort when Charles becomes King (February 5)

June 2, 2022: the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee weekend begins

June 3, 2022: Platinum Jubilee Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral

Platinum Jubilee fun and frolics began on Saturday; Boris survived vote of confidence on Monday (June 4, 6)

June 5, 2022: The Queen reigns on her parade with balcony appearance

Thoughts on the Platinum Jubilee weekend from the Queen — and her people (May 31-June 8)

Why a constitutional monarchy is still relevant today — part 1

Why a constitutional monarchy is still relevant today — part 2

When two Elizabeths met: the Queen’s last public photographs (September 6-9, the Queen and Liz Truss)

The Queen’s death: Operations London Bridge and Unicorn in action (September 7-9)

The Queen’s death: Charles III’s accession ceremony televised for first time (September 9, 10)

The Queen’s death in Scotland and Operation Unicorn (September 9-11)

The Queen’s Operation Unicorn: protesters could not mar the filmic days in Edinburgh (September 11, 12)

Scotland mourns the Queen: 26,000 people pay their respects in 24 hours (September 12, 13)

As the Queen lay at rest at Westminster Hall, the Elizabeth Line began (September 14-16)

How we mourned Queen Elizabeth II the weekend before her funeral (September 17, 18)

Queen Elizabeth II has UK’s first state funeral since Churchill’s in 1965 (September 19, Westminster Abbey)

The Queen’s final destination: rest at Windsor Castle in the family vault (September 19)

The ‘sacred mysteries’ of the Queen’s final rituals in Westminster

The Queen’s death: how Operation London Bridge probably worked

How Victoria’s son Edward VII transformed Royal events (Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral)

The Queen’s corgis proved the old adage, ‘It’s a dog’s life’

The Queen was racing’s ‘patron saint’ and ‘best friend’

The Queen’s politics and protocol

More on the Queen: world leaders, musical tastes, television shows

The Queen’s many public engagements

The Queen’s disappointment with Harry and Meghan (2020)

The Queen’s favourite foods (Chef Darren McGrady)

Cecil Beaton, the improbable Royal photographer

Antony Armstrong-Jones, the 1st Earl of Snowdon: the in-house Royal photographer

Queen Elizabeth II: the world’s most portrayed individual in history

A Queen’s life of nannies, dogs, horses and Royal duty

The Queen in her own films

The Queen’s faith, patience and perseverance are exemplars to follow (illness, Christmas messages, Kevin Maguire, ‘annus horribilis’)

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Charles III

Charles III’s coronation scheduled for May 6, 2023 (October 8, 2022)

Charles III’s 2023 coronation: objections to Queen Consort’s use of crown with Koh-i-noor diamond (October 10-13)

Britain’s Royal Family: out of sight, out of mind? (April 16, 2023, Civitas report)

Alleged snubs for King Charles’s Coronation Day (April; also includes various Queen Elizabeth II anniversaries)

If Charles III’s coronation is not up to the Queen’s, blame the UK Government (May 5 for May 6; also includes memories of the Queen’s coronation on June 2, 1953)

King Charles III’s coronation exceeds expectations — part 1 (Saturday, May 6, 2023)

King Charles III’s coronation exceeds expectations — part 2 (Saturday, May 6, 2023)

King Charles III’s coronation exceeds expectations — part 3 (Saturday, May 6, 2023)

Hugo Burnand, the Royal photographer from Cannes

What sort of monarch will Charles III be?

The Prince and Princess of Wales make the most of social media (coronation-related)

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Harry and Meghan

When Harry wed Meghan (Saturday, May 19, 2018)

What happened to Prince Harry?  (July 31, 2019)

Message for Prince Harry: the House always wins (2023; Spare, also Princess Diana)

Looking back at Harry and Meghan in old articles (2023; Spare, wedding, Dan Wootton)

More on Meghan and Harry’s back catalogue of news, along with Spare reviews (2023; wedding, staff tension)

How people began to see Meghan and Harry in a different light (2023; Spare, 2019)

Harry, Meghan and the mess of pottage (2023; Spare, 2019)

Harry and Meghan’s final months as part of the working Royals (2023; Valentine Low’s Courtiers, 2018-2020)

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Institutions of higher learning

Wesleyan in name only (Wesleyan University, Connecticut)

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Hurricanes and other natural disasters

The Deluge of 1940: death and destruction in North Carolina

Most hurricanes in North America originate in Africa (discovered in 1970s)

2012

Hurricane Sandy shines a light on Bloomberg — and others (2012; once again, Mitt was right)

2017

The horror of Hurricane Harvey (August 27, 2017; Trump’s first major national natural disaster)

Trumps visit post-Harvey Texas (August 29)

Hurricane Harvey: relief efforts one week on (September 2)

Hurricane Harvey: Trump makes more friends in Texas and Louisiana (September 2)

Trump’s National Day of Prayer — September 3, 2017

Irma — ‘war goddess’ — on her way (September 6)

Irma update and more information on hurricanes (September 8)

Irma roars on with Jose following behind (September 9)

Irma’s strike on Florida (September 10)

Irma weakens from tropical storm to tropical depression (September 11)

Mexico’s second shattering earthquake in less than two weeks (September 19)

Hurricane Maria hammers St Croix and Puerto Rico (September 20)

Hurricane Maria: the Left — including media — are wrong about relief efforts (September 27)

Hurricane Maria: beware American media misinformation about Puerto Rico (September 28)

Hurricane Maria has worsened Puerto Rico’s weak infrastructure (September 28)

Hurricane Maria: fact and fallacy in Puerto Rico (September 28 – October 1)

Hurricane Maria: more news from Puerto Rico (September 25 – October 1)

Hurricane Maria: President Trump’s trip to Puerto Rico (October 3)

Thank you, Governor Mapp of the US Virgin Islands (October 3)

Hurricane Maria: Puerto Rico update (November 20 – 22)

2018

Prayers and thoughts for those affected by Hurricane Florence (September 14)

2022

Storm Eunice and the aftermath (UK gale)

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Weather — and weather stupidity

Britain gets quick storm — panic stations (Storm Aileen, September 2017)

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Trump presidency 2017

Trump Bumper Edition: Inauguration Day 2017

Christian objections to President Trump

President Trump opens up to Fox’s Sean Hannity

March for Life well attended (Mike Pence first VP to speak in person)

Young Americans hope Trump will make school lunch great again

National Prayer Breakfast 2017

Grounds for insurrection or sedition?

Democrats and immigration (from Clinton to Obama, Trump is not the ‘bad hombre’)

Can Jeff Sessions make pizza great again? (February 10)

Michael Flynn’s resignation — an analysis (February 15)

This week’s state visits in Washington (February 10 – 16)

Melania Trump opens Florida rally with the Lord’s Prayer (February 18)

Americans react positively to Melania Trump’s rally prayer (February 19)

Why alt-right commentator Milo is under attack (February 19-21)

A new generation renounces the Left (Millennials)

Trump’s Presidential Address to Congress – February 28, 2017

One Millennial’s story — from Obama to Sanders to Trump (early 2017)

Trump’s 4D chess game

Slavery comment: HUD Secretary Dr Ben Carson criticised but Obama was not

How Millennials are changing conservative rhetoric

Trump supporters given green light to sue San Jose for rally violence (March 2017)

Phoenix: anti-Trump billboard to stay (March 17)

New meme: Trump rises from dictator to incompetent (Scott Adams, March 25)

Proof: Trump enjoys being with the American people (rallies)

Judge Napolitano’s insight into the inner workings of Washington, DC (March 2017)

Turkey: US Secretary of State Tillerson visits wife of imprisoned pastor (March 30)

US manufacturers express optimism for Trump (March 31)

Trump’s historic meetings with Egyptian president and King of Jordan (April 3 and 5)

Palm Beach: Trumps attend Easter service at Bethesda-by-the-Sea (April 16)

2017: White House Easter Egg Roll returns to tradition (April 17)

Who knew White House press briefings could be so popular? (April 18)

Attorney General Sessions sends message to MS-13: ‘We will find you’ (April 18, includes Rasmussen survey from April 19)

The time when Trump and Assange connected on Twitter (April 2017)

What’s behind the false Russian hacking narrative

Trump talks about his new life in the White House (April 21)

President Trump’s 100th day rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (April 29)

Trump makes school lunch great again, thanks to Sonny Perdue (May 1)

Melania Trump on motherhood (May 12)

Liberty University: Trump’s thoughts on risk-taking, integrity and faith (May 13)

Trump family mothers — Mary and Melania

Trump’s cabinet finally in place (May 15)

Trump’s historic trip to Saudi Arabia — not seen in US media (May 20-21)

Trump visits Israel — American media elsewhere (May 22-23)

Trump’s first official trip to Europe reflects change of tone (May 25-27)

Trump’s accomplishments in four months: a tweet to share

Weather forecast: long, hot summer (Russia accusations, Seth Rich, leaks, David Brock)

How the Russian narrative started (Podesta WikiLeaks)

Democrats: more on the hypocrisy of the Russian narrative

WikiLeaks revelation: Dems said to make ‘example’ out of leakers (Seth Rich related?)

How the Russian narrative started (Podesta WikiLeaks)

Harvard study finds media bias (May 18)

Trump’s Twitter world (covfefe, Tuesday, May 30)

June 14: Flag Day in the US and Trump’s birthday

Secretary Sonny makes farming great again

Interesting Father’s Day photos (includes history of Father’s Day)

News in brief — week ending June 24, 2017

The Trumps’ first Independence Day at the White House (July 4)

President Trump visits Poland (July 6; the WSJ calls his remarks ‘Trump’s Defining Speech’)

Trump and Macron’s first G20 conference — Day 1 (July 7)

G20 in Hamburg — Day 2 (July 8)

Trump’s overseas successes and more (up through July)

Threat of plot against Donald Trump is real (week of July 10)

Part 1 of the Trumps’ visit to Paris: July 13, 2017

Part 2 of the Trumps’ visit to Paris: July 14, 2017

Michael Caputo: Russians think Hillary Clinton is ‘predictable’ (July 14)

Trump launches Made in America campaign (July 17)

Threat of plot against Donald Trump is real (July 26)

The truth about Trump and American children (last week of July)

The Dunning-Kruger effect and American media (August 2, Glenn Thrush and Jim Acosta)

Trump’s first 200 days (August 7)

Another new media narrative (August 12, Charlottesville, Virginia)

Despite seeming chaos, Trump’s White House is getting results

US strategy: what’s really happening with North Korea and China (August 9-14)

The Left, the media and Trump (August 15, Antifa, Durham, North Carolina)

Charlottesville: Trump asks media, ‘What about the Alt-Left?’ (August 15)

Solar eclipse as seen at the White House (August 21)

Trump’s Phoenix rally another great success (August 22)

Washington Post gives editorial space to the dark side (August 23)

First Lady concerned about opioids (August)

The horror of Hurricane Harvey (August 27, Trump’s first major national natural disaster)

Trumps visit post-Harvey Texas (August 29)

Republican met with Assange, now needs to see Trump (August 30)

Hurricane Harvey: relief efforts one week on (September 2)

Hurricane Harvey: Trump makes more friends in Texas and Louisiana (September 2)

Trump’s National Day of Prayer — September 3, 2017

Irma — ‘war goddess’ — on her way (September 6)

Irma update and more information on hurricanes (September 8)

Irma roars on with Jose following behind (September 9)

Leading Democrat mobbed by angry youths (September 18, Nancy Pelosi and DACA)

NFL could soon mean No Fans Left (September 24, NFL criticises Trump)

NFL a big money spinner — taxpayers’ subsidies (September 25, Trump is right)

Hurricane Maria: the Left — including media — are wrong about relief efforts (September 27)

Hurricane Maria: beware American media misinformation about Puerto Rico (September 28)

Hurricane Maria has worsened Puerto Rico’s weak infrastructure (September 28)

Hurricane Maria: fact and fallacy in Puerto Rico (September 28 – October 1)

Hurricane Maria: more news from Puerto Rico (September 25 – October 1)

The situation with Puerto Rico’s truckers (September 29 – October 3)

Political parties and nationality in Puerto Rico (what Trump has to work with)

Hurricane Maria: President Trump’s trip to Puerto Rico (October 3)

Thank you, Governor Mapp of the US Virgin Islands (October 3, Hurricanes Maria, Irma)

Trumps visit Las Vegas after Mandalay Bay massacre (October 4)

New Project Veritas video exposes New York Times (October 10, anti-Trump)

Russian collusion: YUGE story breaking (October 24 — Dems, Hillary, Podestas, uranium, dossier)

Trump released JFK files on schedule, others pending (October 26)

Early November 2017 news shows why Trump is winning (November 5)

America: be prepared: things might not be as they seem (November 7)

The Trumps visit Hawaii and Japan (November 3-7)

The Trumps visit South Korea (November 7-8)

Big news coming, ‘Q Clearance’ anon says (October 31 – November 9)

The Trumps visit China (November 8-10)

November 10: the Trump Asia tour — China and Vietnam

November 11: Trump’s second day in Vietnam

November 12: Trump visits the Philippines

Trump’s speech on his Asia trip (November 16)

Best wishes for a happy Thanksgiving (November 21, Drumstick and Wishbone pardoned)

White House Christmas tree arrives before Thanksgiving (November 20)

Q (Clearance Anon) update — see October 31 – November 9 — The Storm is a Silent War (November 26)

Christmas ‘angel’ Melania makes White House a Winter Wonderland (late November)

Trump — dumb like a fox

General Flynn guilty plea — not much in Mueller investigation (December 1)

December 1 and 2: update on the weekend’s news

Trump restores federal land use to Americans (December 4)

The case for a coup against Trump (December 12)

Former CIA head speaks about Russian collusion (December 11)

Trump’s Christmas 2017

Pew study finds Americans increasingly polarised (December 26)

2017: anti-Trump hysteria unfounded

Derisory news and a major false alarm (January 13, no Trump dog, Hawaii false alert)

Clintons and Obama trending on Twitter — but it’s not good (January 14)

Trump’s comment about certain countries (January 10)

Trump’s 2017 Fake News Awards (January 17)

A review of Trump’s first year in office (January 19)

Trump presidency 2018

Be prepared for 2018 news: part 1 — hate in Washington DC (January 22)

Be prepared for 2018 news: part 2 — Hillary WAS supposed to win (January 23, 16 Year Plan)

Be prepared for 2018 news: part 3 — FBI’s missing texts (January 24)

Revd Franklin Graham on coup, media and Trump (January 24)

Be prepared for 2018 news: part 4 — ‘secret society’ and more on missing FBI texts (January 25)

Trump’s still winning (January 26)

President Trump’s Davos success (January 25-26)

Devin Nunes memo soon to be made public (January 29)

Trump’s State of the Union address a triumph (January 31)

State of the Union reactions show Democrats in trouble (February 2)

Be prepared for 2018 news: part 5 — release of the Nunes FISA memo (February 3)

Brendan Dilley’s Intel Source: part 1 (January 17 to January 27)

Brendan Dilley’s Intel Source: part 2 (January 29 to February 1)

Brendan Dilley’s Intel Source: part 3 (February 2 and February 3)

Brendan Dilley’s Intel Source: part 4 (February 5)

Background to the Russian dossier

Grassley memo: more on the Russian dossier (February 6)

Brendan Dilley’s Intel Source: part 5 (February 8)

Reince Priebus reveals the Trump White House of 2017

Mass shootings: drugs, not guns, are the problem (shooting took place Wednesday, February 14, 2018)

Florida school shooting curiosities (anti-Trump, mid-February)

Guest post: a reader’s perspective on the Florida school shooting (February 23 comment)

Florida: Parkland school shooting questions persist (February 26)

Trump explains his tweets (Dec 30, 2017; February 2018)

Trump tweets frustration with slow investigation (February 24 – 28, 2018)

Remembering Billy Graham (aged 99, 1918-2018)

Hugely historic: President Trump to meet with Kim Jong Un by May (March 8)

Florida school shooting latest — perp’s past mental state and new police audio (March 8)

Will Mike Pompeo be the one t0 pursue the truth about Hillary Clinton? (March 14)

Trump memes and more to share (March 26)

Q: ‘future proves past’ with Rod Rosenstein subpoena (March 27 for April 5)

Trump supporter Scott Presler says, ‘We are too nice’ (March 29, *ScottPreslerStickers@gmail.com [omit * before emailing])

Trump’s April 7 Weekly Address aims at California and Democrats

The bottom to top plan to save America (April 11)

Guest post: a reader’s perspective on the Deep State and Mueller investigation (April 15, George True)

Increasing outcry for Sleepy Sessions to go (April 19)

Guest post: a reader’s perspective on Jeff Sessions’s priorities (George True, April 20 and Rosenstein’s presidential cufflinks)

April 23: Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to the White House

April 24, 2018: the Trumps’ first state dinner honours Macron

Background to the Inter-Korean Summit (April 27)

Sessions’s recusals are more like refusals (May 2, full catalogue on Sessions as AG)

National Day of Prayer — May 3, 2018

A very brief fable: The Shrinking Forest (stop voting for destructive political parties)

Q: Lisa Page and James Baker didn’t resign — they were ‘fired’ (May 4)

Trump recognises unifiers like Candace Owens (May 9)

May 10, 2018 — three Americans released from North Korea

After Pompeo trip, Trump’s optimistic about North Korea talks (May 10)

Trump sets 2018 mid-term tone with May 10 Indiana rally

May 14, 2018: Trump makes history with US embassy in Jerusalem

Guest post: what to make of Jeff Sessions, the DOJ and upcoming IG report? (May 17)

Jeff Sessions WILL resign or be sacked soon (May 18)

Fascinating tweets from a retired DOJ senior special agent (May 22, Jeff Vogel)

These are dangerous times for Americans (May 23, Constitution in danger)

Former DNI Clapper’s logic questionable (last week of May, The View)

Be prepared for 2018 news: part 6 — Spygate (end of May, Trump invented the name)

Spygate — part 1: how the major players are linked (June 4, The_War_Economy‘s SPYFALL)

Spygate — part 2: events from 2015 and 2016 (June 5, The_War_Economy‘s SPYFALL)

Spygate — part 3: the summer of 2016 (June 6, The_War_Economy‘s SPYFALL)

Spygate — part 4: from September 2016 to the election (June 7, The_War_Economy‘s SPYFALL)

Spygate — part 5: events post-election to the January 2017 inauguration (June 8, The_War_Economy‘s SPYFALL)

Trump and Kim make history (June 12)

June 4, 2018: Trump’s 500th day in office (June 4)

Key points of DoJ Inspector General Horowitz’s report (June 14)

The IG report and FBI director’s response (June 13-15)

US border crisis: illegal entry and border separations (June 19)

Trump’s making outer space great again (June 18)

Tariffs, Trump and the G7 (June 8-9, 15)

Trump publicly recognises Q (June 20)

Dems losing support in 2018 (June 25)

Who knew tariffs could be so interesting? (March – May)

June 2018: a hot month for tariffs

The historic US-North Korea Singapore Summit — June 12, 2018

Republican National Committee ad calls out violent Left (June 26)

Time‘s propagandistic cover pages versus the reality (June 26)

Q makes Time‘s 25 Most Influential People on the Internet list (June 30)

July 4: The Great Republic is still ailing — honour her

Follow-up on US-North Korea situation — part 1 (June 12 — early July)

Trump’s fiery NATO summit (July 11-12, 2018, Brussels)

Twitter poll about Trump backfires (July 12)

July 12, England: the Trumps dine at Blenheim Palace (hosted by Theresa May)

When Mr May hosted Mrs Trump in London (July 13)

When Trump met with Britain’s two most powerful women (July 13)

July 13: Piers Morgan’s exclusive interview with President Trump

July 13-15 : Trump’s weekend in Scotland — memorable for the wrong reason

Helsinki 2018: when Trump sat down with Putin (July 16)

Helsinki 2018: President Trump received a warm welcome (July 16)

Helsinki 2018: the anti-Trump outrage and opprobrium (week of July 16)

Helsinki 2018: the importance of Trump’s meeting with Putin (July 16)

July 27, 2018: North Korea releases 55 remains of US soldiers

August 1, 2018: Vice President Pence in Hawaii to receive US remains from Korean War

News in brief — early August 2018 (pipe smoking, Justice Scalia, Brett Kavanaugh, Tom Cotton, Scott Adams, Scott Presler, Jon McNaughton)

Motorcade video: Trump makes unexpected stop to greet firefighters (August)

Follow-up on US-North Korea situation — part 1 (June – early July)

Follow-up on US-North Korea situation — part 2 (July)

Follow-up on US-North Korea situation — part 3 (July – August)

US: how Korean War remains will be analysed (August 14)

More Americans say Jeff Sessions must go (August 21)

Trump’s tweets — on fire (August 18-24)

Is Trump closer to declassifying FBI/DOJ documents? (August 29)

Trump signs bill in memory of Martin Luther King Jr — Obama ignored it (August 31)

Obama tells the truth at John McCain’s funeral (September 1; he, Bush II (also I?) and Clinton oppose Trump)

Buzz Patterson — former Clinton aide calls for justice (September 3, Trump supporter)

Labor Day 2018: ‘bull run’ on steak during Trump’s economic boom (September 3)

Elections: the Democrats’ hypocrisy on foreign influence

Obama takes to the Dem campaign trail (September 7)

Obama campaigns, but not all Dems want him in their state (September 2)

The coup, beauty and ugliness (late August through early September)

Watergate journalist Bob Woodward says there’s no Trump-Russia collusion (September 14)

Trump: a man who supports us — wherever we live (‘… they’re after you. I’m just in the way.’)

Judge Kavanaugh’s wife’s prayer request: Psalm 40 (September 29)

The Kavanaugh controversy: what Dems want (Oct 1)

Candace Owens urges American blacks to leave the Democrats (2018)

Kanye West takes aim at Saturday Night Live team (September 29)

Voter registration deadlines for 2018 mid-term elections (October 8)

Congratulations, Justice Kavanaugh! (October 6, 8)

Erie, Pennsylvania: ex-Democrats explain why they support Trump (October 10)

Held prisoner in Turkey, Pastor Brunson is now back in the US! (October 13)

The October Surprise: Dems’ crazed reaction to Kavanaugh unwittingly boosts Republican votes (October 17)

Former Milwaukee sheriff on Antifa (October 17, David A Clarke Jr)

Rush Limbaugh discusses the Trump phenomenon and the Democrats (October 18)

New Republican ad: ‘Stop Them’ (October 20, anti-bashing from Democrats)

Mid-terms: <i>Trump @War</i> — a must-see documentary — and two adverts (October 31)

Final thoughts on the mid-terms — November 6, 2018

Sessions is GONE! There’s a new sheriff in town: Whitaker! (November 7)

Karen Vaughn’s ‘The Salty Sailor’

Mid-term vote discrepancies — a dress rehearsal for 2020? (November 14)

Happy Thanksgiving! (November 20, President Trump pardons Peas AND Carrots)

Guest post: what Republicans must do, starting NOW (November 14, Mark C)

Trumps welcome Christmas tree to White House (November 19)

Why the US needs strong borders (November 25)

Migration rhetoric about the southern border (last week of November)

More on Christmas 2018 at the White House (November 26-27)

Washington DC: lighting of the National Christmas Tree (November 28)

Alan Dershowitz on Robert Mueller’s investigation (November 30)

Argentina’s G20 another success for Trump (November 30 – December 1)

The plight of US veterans and their caregivers (December 10, Trump is doing his best to transform the VA)

Rare — and new — interview with Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner (December 10, Hannity)

The Trumps’ Christmas message (December 25-26)

Trump’s 2018 was a great success — despite his opponents’ best efforts (Dec 31)

Trump presidency 2019

Presidents of ‘character’ finish last (January 2, Mitt Romney)

Statistics on American life: 1977 versus 2016

President Trump to address the nation about the southern US border (January 8)

Trump’s announcement on the southern border (January 8)

Retired sheriff David Clarke tells it like it is (late 2018 to early 2019, Milwaukee’s David A Clarke Jr)

Shutdown update: Dems party in Puerto Rico (January 12-13)

Trump holds first ever naturalisation ceremony in the Oval Office (January 19)

Congratulations, President Trump, on your second year in office (January 20)

President Trump’s 2019 State of the Union message: ‘choose greatness’ (February 5)

Pelosi calls Trump’s pro-life stance ‘sad’ (February 6)

Reactions to Trump’s 2019 State of the Union address (February 12)

Senate Intelligence Committee: ‘no direct evidence of conspiracy between Trump campaign and Russia’ (February 12)

Trump on late-term abortion: ‘It’s executing a baby’ (February 14)

Trump mentions ‘treason’ in tweets (February 19)

Highlights of the Reception for National African American History Month (February 21)

2019 Governors’ Ball: President Trump’s remarks about China and North Korea (February 24)

Hoax hate crimes abound, especially in Trump era (February, Jussie Smollett)

United States: the staggering cost of illegal immigration (2017, figures per state)

Four real-life anti-Trump hate attacks in February

Trump’s Workforce Policy Advisory Board: when low unemployment becomes a double-edged sword (March 6)

Will Hillary ever be investigated? (Uranium One)

US: border families are not always what they seem (March 7)

When Blexit met Brexit (March 11; Candace Owens, Jacob Rees-Mogg, George Farmer)

‘Witch hunt’ over as Mueller report lays to rest Left’s ‘collusion’ narrative (March 22)

Trump’s popularity continues to rise (May 14, Zogby Analytics)

The television show no one ever heard of ends in 2020 (May 14, Empire — formerly with anti-Trumper Jussie Smollett)

Post-Mueller, Trump administration looks at Spygate (May 14)

Prince Charles to meet the Trumps for tea (May 20)

Trump’s busy schedule before flying to London (May 23 – June 2)

Pro-Trump Britons understand (June 3)

The Trumps’ State Visit to the United Kingdom (June 3 – 5, covers June 3 and 4)

Trump commemorates the 75th anniversary of D-Day (June 5 – June 6)

The Fourth of July, fireworks and the flag (June 29 – July 2; Trump and North Korea, Andy Ngo, Betsy Ross)

Democrats’ five-star accommodation in Venice (last few days in July, also Baltimore)

Highlights from Thanksgiving 2019 (November 28)

Trump presidency 2020

Better border controls are cutting migration into the US (January 9)

Historic first: US president — Donald Trump — addresses March for Life (January 24)

CPAC 2020 big success for Trump, Republicans (February 28, 29)

Why more and more Americans support President Trump (March 6; the People’s President)

A US Marine bids farewell to this world — moving video to share (July 17)

Little known facts about Melania Trump (Tatler, November)

2020: the White House at Christmas (November 26-30)

Trump presidency 2021

The dire misrepresentation of last week’s Trump Washington DC rally (January 6, 2021)

January 6 Trump rally: the unfortunate aftermath for one businessman (January 11)

America’s racial tension even among people of colour (January 11; Antifa / B L M physically attack supposed Filipina Trump supporter)

Monday, January 11: Lou Dobbs and guests see trouble ahead for the Great Republic

Project Veritas video: PBS lawyer speaks out against the United States, loses job (January 12)

Guest post: dismay and disappointment in America (January 13)

John Solomon: Capitol siege ‘pre-planned’ (January 13)

Another Trump administration triumph: The 1776 Report (January 19)

Post-presidency 2021

The Senate impeachment plan for Trump (January 21, 22)

President Trump relaxes at home (February 5, 12)

How much did Bill Barr support President Trump? Not a lot (February 7)

Trump’s impeachment trial: news presenter implies falsified evidence is okay (February 13)

CPAC 2021: President Trump’s speech and transcript (February 28)

March 7: President Trump visits New York (March 7 – 9)

Trump news — mid-March 2021 (March 16-25)

March 2021: General McInerney discusses President Trump and coronavirus (March 28)

April 6: Trump interview with Newsmax (April 6)

Hannity’s interview with President Trump at Mar-a-Lago (April 19-20)

Trump versus Biden: children’s body language (August 6)

GB News: Farage’s exclusive interview with Donald Trump (December 1)

Post-presidency 2022

British journo admits: ‘Trump was right on Russia’ (March)

New: exclusive GB News interview with Donald Trump (October 4, Laurence Fox on GB News)

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Today’s GOP

Kevin McCarthy, House GOP leader, continues defending President Trump (January 28, 2021)

Introducing America’s new Republicans in Congress (January 29)

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Today’s modern Conservative Party (UK)

UK general elections: how the metropolitan elite unwittingly enabled Conservative victories in 2015 and 2019 — part 1

UK general elections: how the metropolitan elite unwittingly enabled Conservative victories in 2015 and 2019 — part 2

UK general elections: how the metropolitan elite unwittingly enabled Conservative victories in 2015 and 2019 — part 3

MPs from today’s modern Conservative Party: part 1 (January 31, 2021, Boris Johnson)

MPs from today’s modern Conservative Party: part 2 (the Cameron years)

MPs from today’s modern Conservative Party — part 3 (Sajid Javid, former Chancellor of the Exchequer)

MPs from today’s modern Conservative Party — part 4 (more minority MPs from the Cameron years)

MPs from today’s modern Conservative Party — part 5 (Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2020 – present)

MPs from today’s modern Conservative Party — part 6 (Kemi Badenoch)

MPs from today’s modern Conservative Party — part 7 (2019 intake)

UK’s Equalities Minister on racial politics — The Spectator (October 2020, Kemi Badenoch)

March 2021 UK budget highlights (March 3, 2021; Rishi Sunak)

Women in leadership: Conservatives decades ahead of Labour (March 8)

Labour’s smears against Boris aren’t working (April 30, also media; ahead of May 6 local/police commissioner elections)

2021 UK election roundup (May 6)

Boris’s G7: the Queen, the sausage war and more (June 10-13)

RIP, Charlotte Johnson Wahl (1942-2021), Boris’s mother (September 13; obituary)

Boris’s reshuffle comes halfway through his premiership (September 15-16)

When Boris met Biden (September 20-21)

Content-light Conservative Party Conference — part 1: October 3-5

Content-light Conservative Party Conference — part 2: October 6, Boris’s speech

RIP, Sir David Amess MP (1952-2021), murdered in cold blood (October 15)

Remembering Sir David Amess MP (1952-2021)

Westminster Dog of the Year 2021: a fitting tribute to Sir David Amess (October 28)

Sir David Amess MP is laid to rest (November 22, 23)

December 9, 2021: Carrie and Boris Johnson welcome a daughter (December 9)

UK news in brief: coronavirus, the Queen and by-election disaster for Conservatives (December 16; Conservatives lose North Shropshire, Boris’s daughter’s name)

As Boris Johnson moves away from conservativism, Nigel Farage contemplates a return to politics (January 7, 2022)

UK economy defies experts’ predictions (January 19)

Lord Agnew resigns over Government’s ‘lamentable track record’ on coronavirus grant fraud (January 24)

Lord Frost still in the news despite resignation (January 31)

Boris’s Downing Street parties and Brexit loathers (February 4)

Boris attempts to placate MPs, another files ‘no confidence’ letter (February 4, 6; Aaron Bell, Steve Barclay, Guto Harri)

Beware of media attacks on Boris (February 8-9)

Boris’s chances of political survival are looking better (February 10, Fraser Nelson)

Boris: still standing as Parliament enters February recess (February 11)

What’s on the minds of England’s Red Wall voters and MPs? (2020-2022)

Red Wall MPs: Mark Jenkinson

Red Wall MPs: Richard Holden

Lord Tebbit says, ‘Now it’s time to retire’ (March 14, 2022)

Red Wall MPs: Jacob Young

A genius quote from Margaret Thatcher (Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement, March 23, 2022)

Red Wall MPs: Jonathan Gullis

Ahead of May’s local elections, Conservatives dig an ever deeper hole for themselves (April 3, 4)

Red Wall MPs: Jo Gideon

The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Easter sermon ruffled feathers (April 18, Easter Week)

UK news in brief: the Archbishop, the Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader (April 26)

More on Boris, migration and the opposition (April 27)

Boris: Labour have no plan (April 27)

UK Parliament prorogued until May 10, when there will be a Queen’s Speech (April 28)

UK news: a weekend is a long time in politics (April 30 – May 2; Labour in Durham, Neil Parish resignation)

Red Wall MPs: Jack Brereton

2022 UK local elections show Lib Dems make inroads while Conservatives lose 500 seats (May 5-8)

Labour and the 2021 Durham campaign meeting — the intrigue continues: part 1 (April 29 – May 9)

Labour and the 2021 Durham campaign meeting — the intrigue continues: part 2 (May 5-9)

Labour and the 2021 Durham campaign meeting — the intrigue continues: part 3 (May 9-12)

Red Wall MPs: Lee Anderson — part 1

Red Wall MPs: Lee Anderson — part 2

Red Wall MPs: Lee Anderson — part 3

Red Wall MPs: Lee Anderson — part 4

Red Wall MPs: Lee Anderson — part 5

A Bill of Rights for the UK? What about the 1688 Bill of Rights? (2022)

Red Wall MPs: Marco Longhi — part 1

Red Wall MPs: Marco Longhi — part 2

Red Wall MPs: Marco Longhi — part 3

Developing news: how long can Boris last as PM? (July 5-6; Lee Anderson)

Boris stays as PM for now but stands down as Conservative leader: ‘When the herd moves, it moves’ (July 6-7)

Conservative Party leadership contest in full swing (July 9-13)

Conservative Party leadership contest: and then there were six (July 13)

Conservative Party leadership contest: please bring back Boris, Labour no longer afraid (July 14)

Conservative leadership contest: Rishi and Liz pull out of Tuesday’s debate (July 15-18, coverage of C4 and ITV debates)

Conservative Party leadership contest: the final four

Conservative Party leadership contest: sadly, Kemi’s out

Conservative Party leadership contest: thus far, Rishi does not appeal to the membership (July 20; Liz Truss v Rishi Sunak)

Boris’s final PMQs — a triumph (July 20-22)

Conservative MP John Redwood explains why Liz Truss is a better candidate than Rishi Sunak (July 20-25)

Conservative Party leadership contest BBC debate: ‘the catnip of a media soundbite’ (July 25, BBC debate)

Conservative leadership debate: medical emergency cuts short brilliant TalkTV debate (July 26, TalkTV debate)

Conservative leadership contest: LBC’s hustings in Leeds (July 28)

Conservative Party leadership contest: Andrew Neil confronts Rishi Sunak (July 29)

Conservative leadership contest: Exeter hustings gives Party members a chance to air concerns (Aug 1)

Conservative Party leadership contest: the week in review as Truss gains strength (Aug 1-4)

Conservative leadership contest: Sky News debate goes all in for Rishi (Aug 4)

Conservative leadership contest: Eastbourne hustings sees Truss Derangement Syndrome (Aug 5)

Conservative Party leadership contest: comfort for Rishi on GB News and TalkTV (Aug 6, 9)

Conservative Party leadership contest: Liz Truss appears on GB News’s The People’s Forum (Aug 10)

Conservative leadership contest: is it Liz? (Aug 11-15, Boris)

Boris Johnson’s downfall — part 1 (2022)

Boris Johnson’s downfall — part 2 (2022, Chris Pincher)

Boris Johnson’s downfall — part 3 (2016, 2022; Michael Gove)

Boris Johnson’s downfall — part 4 (2022, Michelle Donelan)

Boris Johnson’s downfall — part 5 (2022, resignation day July 7)

Boris Johnson’s downfall — part 6 (Dominic Cummings, belated wedding celebration)

Boris Johnson’s downfall — part 7 (2022, other events from June 2022 to September 2)

Rishi Sunak’s coronavirus policy revelations and the blowback did not help his leadership campaign (Aug 25-27)

Looking back at Liz Truss’s premiership: the leadership campaign (August 16-31)

August 31: Conservative Party leadership contest ends in London

Liz Truss: a woman of dogged determination

Liz Truss’s win not as huge as expected (September 5)

Video: conservatism changes over time to meet challenges of the day (Tim Stanley)

It soon became clear that Liz Truss was the ‘wrong’ Prime Minister (September 3-7)

When two Elizabeths met: the Queen’s last public photographs (September 6-9, Liz Truss and the Queen)

More indications Liz Truss was ‘wrong’ for the job: refreshing Cabinet and no new taxes (September 6-16)

Sadly, Conservative Party conference opens with economic U-turn (October 3; Liz Truss, Kwasi Kwarteng)

Rebel Conservative MPs reveal the cracks in Liz Truss’s party (October 3; Michael Gove)

Conservative Party Conference: Welsh Secretary Robert Buckland tells rebel MPs to ‘shut up’ (October 4, 5)

Conservative Party Conference: give Truss a chance (October 4-6)

How Truss and Kwarteng can deal with the 45% tax rate (October 6; implementation by stealth, OBR exposed)

King Charles says ‘Dear, oh dear’ to Liz Truss days before she sacks Chancellor; premiership ruined (September 22 – October 15)

Liz Truss’s first Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng: what he expected, what he got instead (October 13, 14)

Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng illustrate that one DAY is a long time in politics (October 13, 14)

The clarity and mystery of Liz Truss’s decisions (September 7 – October 14; PESCO)

Why the Liz Truss – Kwasi Kwarteng economic plan was the right one for the UK (October 14-16)

Liz Truss’s final 24 hours: Suella Braverman’s resignation, question over Whips’ resignations (October 19)

Liz Truss’s final 24 hours: fallout over Braverman and Morton, no tears in exit speech (October 19, 20)

The background to Liz Truss’s final week (October 14-21)

Liz Truss’s libertarian commitment to free markets

Liz Truss’s downfall: the media and the Bank of England played their part

Rishi Sunak becomes Prime Minister: a momentous morning of historic significance (October 24, 25)

How Rishi Sunak won the Conservative Party leadership contest — part 1 (October 20, 21, 25)

How Rishi Sunak won the Conservative Party leadership contest — part 2 (October 21, 26, 27)

How Rishi Sunak won the Conservative Party leadership contest — part 3 (October 22-24, 27, 28)

UK news: Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s woes continue (October 29 – November 3)

Britain’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman has support of the people, but what about Parliament? (November 1-4)

Boris says he will continue to campaign for Ukraine (November 1, 7; COP27)

UK economic news: Kwasi Kwarteng breaks silence on his mini-budget and Liz Truss (November 10-11)

Jeremy Hunt’s Labourite Conservative budget (November 17; eggs and egg tips)

Liz Truss and her biography: both out before Christmas (November 24)

The rise and fall of Matt Hancock — part 1 (December)

The rise and fall of Matt Hancock — part 2 (January – April 2020)

The rise and fall of Matt Hancock — part 3 (May – September 2020)

The rise and fall of Matt Hancock — part 4 (October – December 2020)

The rise and fall of Matt Hancock — part 5 (January – June 2021)

The rise and fall of Matt Hancock — part 6 (June 24-27, 2021; separation from wife and resignation)

The rise and fall of Matt Hancock — part 7 (July 2021 – December 2022)

Liz Truss in her own words; pundits agree that growth is the right way forward (February 2023)

Young Conservative MPs pick up Liz Truss’s mandate for growth (February 2023)

Splendid debut for Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg’s GB News show (February 27, 2023)

Conservatives disdain the family in education and tax policies (Jeremy Hunt budget, Miriam Cates; March 15, 2023)

Red Wall MPs: Miriam Cates — part 1

Red Wall MPs: Miriam Cates — part 2

Red Wall MPs: Miriam Cates — part 3

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