Armistice Day 2009 - End of a generation

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

The passing of the First World War generation was marked by a special memorial service at Westminster Abbey today as millions of people across Britain and Europe observed the two-minute Armistice Day silence.
Ninety-one years after the guns fell silent at 11am on 11th November, 1918, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh joined Gordon Brown, [...]

A day in Oxford

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

18 Miles from Castle Caldwell lays the city of the “Dreaming Spires”, the historic University City of Oxford. For all its attractions it can be a difficult city for the first time visitor to find their way around and see the parts which capture the athmosphere and sense of purpose of this ancient seat of [...]

Farewell Old Soldiers

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

I am hardly a supporter of British Militarism or military adventurism which the Red Tops treat as some jolly jape under the heading of “supporting our boys” or “finishing the job.”  This begs the questions, too rarely asked in the same Red Tops, of what are we supporting and what is the job?   Indeed I’ve [...]