Lord Robert Baden-Powell of Gilwell, GCMG, GCVO

This autobiography begins with A Yachting Adventure. Having learned all I know about yachting from my dog, I found this gripping.

Twentieth Century Verse

Poetry, to the rest of us. Every so often I’ll take a look at a book in the library that is not for sale. Sometimes it is not for sale…

Google vs Facebook: Do No Evil

Doing evil is too easy out in the Valley

Sigh, Time To #DeleteWhatsApp

If this keeps up there’ll be no apps left to delete

Georgi Markov: It Wasn’t An Umbrella

We look into the details behind 1978’s famous ‘umbrella murder’

A New York Kind Of Love

by Dheep Matharu

I Really Did Delete Facebook

There are pockets of resistance. Elon Musk has deleted his company’s pages from Facebook. Playboy has now followed suit. I began at the…

National Theatre: Network

Hi-tech revival of Oscar cult classic

Wapping Equals London

London. The City of London. Docks and Markets. Import and Travel. Trade and Industry in its widest sense. London would not exist as the…

Noel Edmonds vs. Lloyds Bank

The Noel Edmonds case against Lloyds bank is proving as enduring as Jarndyce & Jarndyce, as Britain’s favourite TV and radio personality…

Cell Mates @ Hampstead Theatre

The Play That Caused Stephen Fry to Flee England

Why Did GCHQ Move To Cheltenham?

The short answer is that the answer is not easily found on the internet. The Gloucestershire Echo did a detailed five-part series on this…