I have just seen the film “The King’s Speech”, an excellent film which deserves to win lots of awards. It set me thinking about communication. The climax of the film is the successful delivery by King George VI of his speech on the outbreak of war in September 1939, rallying his people and calling on them to…
I have just been to a large and happy wedding, with guests who came from all over the world to witness the union of two young people and their families. I have blogged and written about this before, but once again I am reminded that cohabitation and marriage are not the same, and should not…
My own particular snow misery this week has been the enormous difficulty of getting to London for debates. I went there and back the other day, but could not afford to spend another 6 hours on the journey today, without even the certainty of success. So I have been watching proceedings in the Lords live on…
I was at Westminster today picking my way through the police lines and watching the mounted police advance towards Parliament Square. Tonight the student protesters broke some windows at the splendid building there that houses our new Supreme Court. That upset me more than any other damage they did. It symbolised the rule of law pitted…
I cannot be alone in heaving a huge sigh of relief that we are to be spared the FIFA World Cup in 2018. Violence, alcohol, overcrowding on public transport – all the usual accompaniments of international football – Russia, you are welcome to it. And as for Qatar in 2022, will one be able to get…
