The book that first got me really interested in political writing, several million years ago. Will Hutton’s classic tract and harbinger of destructive neoliberalism…

Tree’s up! Bit late, bit raggedy and bit bereft of baubles. But man, is it cheering…

Île de Ré, the day ending…

Fridge magnet perfection: Modigliani, Glasgow Celtic and beautiful Turkey. It’s all there…

The far too beautiful Bosphorus…

Ask not whom the bells toll X, they toll for thee… (metaphorically speaking, of course…)