Thursday, June 30, 2016

Why the natives are revolting

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Only those wishing to see Britain destroyed could have wished for the events now playing out in the country in which I spent my first fi...
Thursday, June 23, 2016

Europe's Fateful Day

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My last post predicted (on 14 June) that those voting to leave would significantly outnumber the others but, as one Prime Minister of the ...
Thursday, June 16, 2016

Making sense of the Referendum (and UK politics)

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The mood in England (less so in the other 3 parts of the UK – particularly Scotland) seems this past week to be consolidating around wit...
Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Why immigration is the only issue in this referendum

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One issue has dominated the British referendum debate of the past few months - and that is immigration. Those wanting Britain to rema...
Sunday, June 12, 2016

Referenda or Neverenda??

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Richard Dawkins is a name to conjure with – Professor of Evolutionary Biology, author of numerous books and a great sceptic….. He has jus...
Saturday, June 11, 2016

Britain Set to Leave Europe - what's it all about?

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The UK referendum about membership of the European Union takes place in 12 days – and the latest poll has those intending to vote to le...
Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Wood, Wine and....Canetti

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Sofia detained us for a week and we decided to have a leisurely return (to Bucharest) taking the middle of the three routes which sprout...
Friday, May 27, 2016

Bogdan - old friend RIP

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I want to pay tribute today to a Romanian artist friend who died earlier this week at the age of 59 – Bogdan Dumitrescu. He was essent...