Tag Archives: Politics

Spitting Image is back!

Posted on March 30, 2020 by

It was announced last week that one of my favourite television programmes when growing up is to make a return.  To people of a certain age, Spitting Image was an unmissable programme with up to 15 million people tuning in … Continue reading →

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The history of 10 Downing Street and a peek behind its famous black door.

Posted on June 3, 2019 by

A few weeks ago I posted about a ‘fake’ Number 10 Downing Street and so I thought it would be timely to write about the actual Number 10 Downing Street especially as having written about historic and political situations for … Continue reading →

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Looking back at 2018 in cartoons

Posted on December 31, 2018 by

It’s tradition at the end of a year to look back at the events that we’ve lived through and I thought this year that I would do so with the use of political cartoons. It’s amongst the finest of British … Continue reading →

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Spencer Perceval – The only British Prime Minister to be killed in office

Posted on August 20, 2018 by

It is said that the more things change, the more they say the same.  This is perhaps never more true than in May 1812. Britain was in turmoil. Social and political unrest spread had spread across the country, as old … Continue reading →

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How Star Trek revolutionised​ the modern world

Posted on September 26, 2017 by

Star Trek recently celebrated its 51st birthday and this week with the launch of Star Trek Discovery the mission to entertain and inspire continues with renewed vigor. The scientific inventions that we use on a daily basis inspired by WW2 … Continue reading →

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John “Mad Jack” Mytton – The craziest man in history!

Posted on November 18, 2016 by

John Mytton is one of those colouful characters that make history, especially British history such an interest affair.  It’s always nice when one comes across someone who was totally nuts and I always look at them with a slight mix … Continue reading →

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3rd September 1939 – Britain Declares War On Germany

Posted on September 3, 2016 by

Today I was giving a tour of Chartwell House to two nice folk from Colorado, USA.  Chartwell House was the home of Prime Minister Winston Churchill and is full of his old belongings from his radio to his cigars. Whilst … Continue reading →

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May Map Madness

Posted on May 20, 2016 by

I am busy in real life at the moment.  London and the U.K. is bursting with tourists and I barely have a moment to think.   So in lieu of one my more wordy blog posts, here are some more … Continue reading →

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Are you a Global Citizen?

Posted on May 6, 2016 by

I’ve always thought the concept of patriotism and especially nationalism to be a very weird and most likely stupid and illogical idea.  It just makes no sense to me that people from any individual country can believe on whatever level … Continue reading →

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Still Lost In The World Of Maps

Posted on February 3, 2016 by

It is over three years ago since I wrote the First of Two posts on maps.  In the meantime, they have been visited by tens of thousands of people which is pretty unbelievable. So I thought it was high time … Continue reading →

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