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Liberal Democrat Blog of the Year 2014

"Well written, funny and wistful" - Paul Linford; "He is indeed the Lib Dem blogfather" - Stephen Tall
"Jonathan Calder holds his end up well in the competitive world of the blogosphere" - New Statesman
"A prominent Liberal Democrat blogger" - BBC Radio 4 Today; "One of my favourite blogs" - Stumbling
and Mumbling; "Charming and younger than I expected" - Wartime Housewife

Thursday, June 09, 2022

The Joy of Six 1056

"On Monday evening, concerns were raised by the executives of the 1922 committee after several MPs reported the Tory whips were asking ...

Are Pat Nevin and Terry Butcher cousins?

According to both their Wikipedia entres, which cite this Guardian column as a reference, Chelsea legend Pat Nevin is the cousin of the for...

Wednesday, June 08, 2022

Lord Bonkers' Diary: "No one reads political books any more"

They always appear together and they have a different job every time we meet them. You know who Freddie and Fiona have become? Julian and S...

Tory candidate in Tiverton and Honiton by-election goes missing

Embed from Getty Images It's fair to say the Conservative candidate in the Tiverton and Honiton by-election is proving elusive. So much ...

If Labour carry on like this they will lose the next election

'Were we better off in the single market than we are now?' 'How would you resolve the Northern Ireland Protocol?' Andrew Mar...

Tuesday, June 07, 2022

Lord Bonkers' Diary: A Whig in a wig

He made it! He's back at the Hall and all is right with the world, or at least with his little corner of Rutland. Though to be honest, i...

Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War opens on 1 July

From the Dartmouth Films website: Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War is a true story. Eric Ravilious is as compelling and enigmatic as his art. ...

Freda Jackson in Olivier's Henry V

My new favourite actress Freda Jackson didn't just play termagants like Mrs Joe (Great Expectations) or Mrs Voray (No Room at the Inn). ...

Monday, June 06, 2022

Lord Bonkers' Diary: The little girl who asked for my autograph and then demanded I sing 'The Way I Feel Inside'

It looks as though Lord Bonkers has escaped from Camley Street Natural Park, but I won't relax until he's back at the Hall. Incident...

The Joy of Six 1055

"It is already clear (I fear) that the next round of the contest between imperial Russia and its reluctant Western adversaries will tak...

Sunday, June 05, 2022

Lord Bonkers' Diary: Refuge to the wanted gorilla

He's so nearly home. As long as the British Transport Police don't plug him with a tranquilliser dart he'll be holding court in ...

Andrew Bridgen publishes anti-Johnson MPs' briefing in blog post

A briefing aimed at Conservative MPs opposed to Boris Johnson continuing as leader has been published by The Pavlovic Today. In a blog post ...

Roger Whittaker: Jenny's Gone

If you remember Roger Whittaker at all, it will be as the ultimate middle-of-the-road, Radio 2 singer. You may even remember that he fronted...

Friday, June 03, 2022

Now you can watch No Room at the Inn (1948)

You know that film I'm always going on about? Well a version of it has appeared on YouTube. I say "a version" because this one...

Boris Johnson booed at Jubilee thanksgiving service

The royalists are right: it has brought the country together. And there won't have been many Corbynites in the crowd outside St Paul...

Thursday, June 02, 2022

Leicester's lost canal wharf district

This converted canal warehouse forms part of Leicester College's Abbey Park Campus and stands beside what was once, and may be again, Me...

Wednesday, June 01, 2022

The Joy of Six 1054

Jonathan Meades reviews Tina Brown's book on the royal family: "They are out of their depth. The prurient, hypocritical red-top me...

The hole in the middle of that Dominic Cummings interview

Dominic Cummings' interview with Suzanne Moore has garnered plenty of attention, but for me the most remarkable thing about it is the h...

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Painted Boats: A film set on the canals in wartime

I've just watched the 1945 Ealing film Painted Boats. It's not an Ealing comedy, but it is hardly a drama either as the plot is so w...

Anti-Johnson Tories launch Operation Rinka

Photo of a Great Dane by edustalker at Morguefile.com You've heard of Operation Save Big Dog, the push (prop. B. Johnson) to safeguard t...

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