Monthly Archives: February 2021
I Don’t Want to Talk About It
One of the many unintended consequences of lockdown is that it has killed the art of small talk. One of my elderly relatives recently told me that she finds the regular phone calls with her friends difficult because they have nothing to talk about. I know how she feels. It’s been almost a year now […]
Tell Me Lies
”Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies.” It’s doubtful that Fleetwood Mac had the world of politics in mind when they released that classic song back in 1987. Nevertheless the song came into my head this week when I read that the Washington Post has calculated that Donald Trump made an astounding 30,573 false […]
Fly the Flag
One of the unexpected consequences of lockdown is that politicians no longer have to go to their nearest TV studio when appearing on GMTV, Newsnight or Sky News. Thanks to the wonders of modern technology they can now do those interviews live from their own living rooms. In the early months of lockdown most politicians […]
Comfortably Numb
Like many people forced to spend longer than normal at home due to lockdown, I’ve listening to a variety of music while working away at my laptop. Initially I thought it was really clever of Spotify to select playlists for me based on my previous music selections. Unfortunately I soon found myself listening to the […]
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