Happy Birthday Gorby
Most Westerners may be surprised by the depth of the emotions the average Russian attaches...
What did my father teach me that’s wrong?
I liked my dad: he was a kind man though I didn’t seen him much...
Were we better off before computers?
If you wanted to take a photograph, you needed a camera, some film, and basically...
The Year in Review
England – 1720 Oh my, what a year! It maketh one thinke! How will we...
Is the world a better place than three years ago?
Is the world a better place 3 years on? Just around three years ago, in...
War in The Med?
No gas, No conflict! It’s complicated. Ostensibly, it’s about a rivalry in the eastern Mediterranean...
My first memory
I can’t recall whether it was my third or fourth Christmas, but that apart, what...
Has my climate changed?
Has my climate changed? Back in the 80s, still in the Soviet Union, when I...
Statues I Would Pull Down
BRING DOWN? NO, BUILD!! There are very many angry people who, as well as believing ...