by David Wilson | Apr 4, 2026 | All |
It’s not every day that I write to the King. But then these are far from ordinary days. It was the Greenland business that set me off. I found myself recalling a map I bought some twenty years ago and, after a bit of rummaging, I managed to dig it out. Published by...
by David Wilson | Mar 1, 2026 | All |
Memory is a peculiar thing. For instance, if you were to ask me what I was doing last Tuesday I would be hard pushed to give you a clear answer. But then recently, while following the news of the recent attacks on Iran, I suddenly found myself back in 1979 and...
by David Wilson | Sep 20, 2025 | All, Humour, Technology, Whimsy |
During a recent visit to Bristol’s Cribbs Causeway shopping centre, I found myself outside the Lego shop. It was the first time I’d noticed it, to be honest. “You go on.” I said to Mrs Wormwood. “I’ll catch you up in Waterstones.” On stepping inside, I was greeted by...
by David Wilson | Jul 27, 2025 | All |
Things are moving quickly. I read yesterday that the Foreign Secretary, David Lammy has come out in support of recognising the Palestinian State. I like to think that the email I sent him yesterday might have played a part, but I doubt it somehow. And anyway, it seems...
by David Wilson | Jul 25, 2025 | All |
Let me say right off that, when it comes to activism, my record is a bit thin and I know that many of you are far more assiduous than I am at voicing your concerns over matters of injustice, stupidity, greed or corruption. But if like me you find yourself angry,...
by David Wilson | Mar 7, 2025 | All, Opinion, Politics |
I heard it suggested (on the Ezra Klein podcast) that Trump and the Maga Cult are likely to be defeated, not by a reinvigorated Democratic Party, nor through grass-roots opposition but in a ‘collision with reality’. I liked that and that’s why...
