Friday, March 14, 2014

Tony Benn - messiah or devil?

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Ed Miliband said that Tony Benn was a champion of the powerless, a conviction politician, and somebody of deep principle. In other words a...
Thursday, February 27, 2014

Meet Ukraine's New Bosses (more or less..) the Same as the Old Bosses

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The celebrated, if rather pompous, UK professor of history, Timothy Garton Ash, repeated a now sorrily familiar canard on the BBC World Se...
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Friday, February 21, 2014

1984 at the Almeida... but where are the proles?

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Without poring over every word of George Orwell’s dystopian novel it is hard to be sure of how far the theatrical interpretation of 19...
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Muscat's Matra marina - into and out of the blue

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Matra, or Mutra, is a 20 minute drive from the centre of Muscat, Oman. Being there just for an afternoon made me feel like a tourist...
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Friday, February 7, 2014

The UAE highway to heaven and to hell

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This time round, returning to the UAE, our former home, has been an emotional experience, redolent of both the torpor and the pleasure I f...
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Saturday, January 18, 2014

A loft full of yesteryear

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I have spent a good part of the day in my loft disinterring old memories by sorting through carrier bags of paperwork, slightly damp books...
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Friday, January 17, 2014

The sad demise of Barry's Bench

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A Dubai source has given me the very sad news that “Barry’s Bench” is no more. The Mexican-style restaurant that sat inside the very pleas...
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