Mr Mandelson seemed to go quiet after he was binned as US ambassador for being Jeffrey Epstein’s friend. In today’s Spectator, he popped up to discharge his supple mind on the latest moves by the 45th and 47th president of the USA to make his country great again. Mandy is a fan of the Donald,… Continue reading

I like the Guardian, mainly because it pays its journalists and it is a respectable newspaper. It means well and it represents a saner time than the one we’re living in now. It’s on my side. Some of its columnists are outstanding writers and they helped me get through the terrible days of Covid when… Continue reading

The Met Police has an annual boxing competition for novices, called The Lafone Cup. It was named, like many old Met institutions were, for some long-dead commissioner. In 1975, I competed in it. I was not a natural pugilist. My best mate was a gifted one. He’d won the Lafone at heavy weight and was… Continue reading

Underground mining is dangerous. The deepest and most dangerous mines are in South Africa and I once worked in some. In a mine there are a lot of things that can kill or maim you. Obviously, the rock above might fall on you. There is methane – I carried and used a Davy lamp. Then,… Continue reading