Champions of parochialism

Champions of parochialism

January 7, 2021
The Shining: 40th Anniversary

The Shining: 40th Anniversary

May 23, 2020
Bojovian Covidiocy

Bojovian Covidiocy

May 20, 2020
Secrets of The Shining

Secrets of The Shining

April 5, 2019
An open letter to my MP on EU Withdrawal

An open letter to my MP on EU Withdrawal

January 15, 2019
George Stainforth biography – coming 2021

George Stainforth biography – coming 2021

April 11, 2018
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Life at its best

Life at its best

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I’ve just returned from revisiting the island of Skye after an absence of over a quarter of a century (last visit, June 1994). I’d had…

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The Second Ascent of the Matterhorn

The Second Ascent of the Matterhorn

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I recently came across a spectacular aerial picture (taken by Fi Bunn of FiPhotos) of the final 700 feet of the Matterhorn taken from an…

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The blackest day in UK history for 77 years

The blackest day in UK history for 77 years

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January 2018: I’ve reinstated this old post, from June 24 2016, on the front of my website so that anyone coming here can see that…

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Peter Stainforth talks about his war days

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1st Para Remembrance Service at Donington, Lincs, 23 Sept 2018

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Zbigniew Kotowicz : 1950 – 2017

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On the brink? June 2017

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How to keep back beauty from vanishing away?

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Happy New Year, Citizens of Nowhere

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The Private Life of a Reclusive Genius

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The Proms embrace the brotherhood of man, 2016

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Ken Wilson: 7 Feb 1941 – 11 Jun 2016

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A very sad centenary, July 1, 2016

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The Disunited Kingdom, June 2016

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The Breakers of Britain – my view of the Brexiters, June 20, 2016

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A Pandora’s Box: ‘George’ update, June 2016

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Strange mistakes in European history & geography 4/4: The European Union

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Strange mistakes in European history & geography 3/4: Human rights

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Strange mistakes in European history & geography 2/4: ‘The United States of Europe’

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Strange mistakes in European history and geography 1/4: The map of Europe

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Memories that will Kinder linger for ever …

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71st anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem, 2015

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Beethoven’s double resurrected from the dead

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The Matterhorn and the Taugwalders: reflections on the 150th anniversary of the first ascent of the Matterhorn

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An idyllic return to Harrison’s Rocks

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On Style and Eloquence

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On Pedantry versus Euphony

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