20 years ago today

the Berlin Wall fell.
This world-changing event was for me one of the most emotional events I had witnessed on TV at the time.  I sat in front of the telly in the tiny sitting room of my London flat with tears streaming down my face as people sat and danced and walked on top of [...]

European Elections

Well, I trotted off to the church hall/polling station to exercise my democratic right and vote.
We certainly had a choice of parties: not only were the usual suspects represented, and a fair smattering of Cloud Cuckoo Land parties, I found that I could also vote for a specifically Cornish party (that says party – not [...]

Suspense

and apologies for keeping you in it – suspense, that is. I seem to have been rather busy of late.
My mystery dinner companion was Norbert Lammert.
I know his name is not particularly well known in the Anglo-Saxon world but allow me to prevent your having to google him. (As I mentioned in my own comment [...]