About this time last year, I asked if there were topics readers would like to see covered. One suggested by ladytizzy was dining facilities in the Lords, so I thought it was time to get round to writing about the topic. There are several dining outlets in the Lords: two restaurants where peers can take…
The photograph was taken shortly after 8.00 a.m. this morning, with the Palace bathed in sunlight. It is a remarkable contrast with the same time last week. I have a two-mile walk in to the Palace and on that occasion the pavements were covered in thick ice for virtually the whole of the journey. Given that I…
I have mentioned in response to comments that I can be something of an iconoclast and variously challenge claims when they become accepted wisdom (and basically sustained by lazy or non-existent thinking). At times, it appears I can achieve this without planning to. I have been at meetings when I have offered what I regard as fairly straightforward…
