Justin Trudeau left office unpopular, uninspiring, and unhelpful to the Liberal’s chances of retaining their slim control over the...

Nathalia Goncharova (1881 – 1962), Nature morte au homard, 1909 – 1910, 73 x 88,1 cm, Centre Pompidou Dear Crustaceans, It is with great...

When 2025 rolled around, and we started considering what went wrong in 2024, we may have decided to make an ‘ins and outs’ list for the...

Britain’s new Prime Minister has a real image problem. In just five months Keir Starmer’s approval rating has plummeted to -38, a...

Germany is an invented state. Or rather, Germany Mark X (patent 1990) is an invented state. It was invented to replace Germany Mark IX...

Recent events have left Democrats around the US playing the all too familiar blame game - we see this with every election, grasping at...

My first article as a lobsterman (also known as a harvester) was pessimistically named ‘The Impending Fiasco of the Paris Olympics’. A...

Eugène Delacroix, Nature morte au homard et trophées de chasse et de pêche, Salon of 1827, 80 x 106 cm, Louvre Dear crustaceans, This...

I.                 The coronavirus pandemic may have forced virtually all aspects of life to wilt, but there can be no doubt that it...

Foreword, 25.10.2024 May the 9th 2024, The Upper Mound Stand, Lord’s   “This is my son William; he opens the bowling for the Authentics...

Our newly elected Labour government continues to be a tale of two feelings - happiness in what we have, and sadness in what could have...

Joe Biden has had a tough few weeks, so it feels only fair to give a little attention to his strengths – although we do acknowledge that...

The seed of tragedy is sown upon one’s decision to be great. The declaration, so often made in youth, seems to correlate, if not causate,...

The Labour election campaign was pretty perfect. From day one, the Conservatives fumbled from one disaster to another - rain on arrival,...

How the media is helping frame Donald Trump as a stone-cold survivor. Back in 2020, while serving as President, Donald Trump contracted...

Spoiler Warning: ‘The Bear’ Christopher Storer’s masterpiece, The Bear, has released its most anticipated third season, but the ten...

“It’s a two party system, you have to vote for one of us!” are the wise words of Kang and Kodos in The Simpsons 1996 episode ‘Treehouse...

If there is a holiday which President George W. Bush is unlikely to forget, it is the one he took during August 2005. On the 29th of that...

What makes a classic? As an answer – or to avoid the rather puzzling question – you might name some: Anna Karenina, Nineteen Eighty-Four,...

What is most interesting about “The Waste Land”, is its relentless reliance on elements of the past. Of course, as much could arguably be...