THE other day I was pleased to see half a dozen redwings busily turning over leaves in the field at the back of our house. It is quite a few years since I have seen any. They are winter visitors from Scandinavia and are the equivalent of our song thrush. Here is a redwing (Turdus iliacus): […]

METROPOLITAN Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley’s defence of a volunteer special constable who told Christian singer Harmonie London she was not allowed to sing church songs outside of church grounds prompted me to contact the Met press office. I asked whether a special constable who told a drag queen she could not sing gay songs […]

LIFE in Britain seems to me to be getting nastier, shorter and more brutish – another week when it’s been hard to find a highlight or an upbeat note to celebrate. Two abandoned newborns (one dead), more stabbings and a horrendous chemical attack (by somebody who should never have been allowed to stay in the country) […]

THERE has been speculation that Prince William may seek to disestablish the C of E and possibly also the C of S (although the monarch is less closely tied to the Kirk) when he ascends the ever-creaking throne. If true, such claims are hardly surprising. The Prince of Wales is a Carols from King’s Christian, with an appreciation […]

PLEASE send your letters (as short as you like) to [email protected] and mark them ‘Letter to the Editor’. We need your name and a county address, eg Yorkshire or London. Letters may be shortened. There is no guarantee of publication. *** At odds with erstwhile allies Dear Editor I noticed Bob Moran’s image of Benjamin Netanyahu (which Kathy mentioned last […]