Keynesian Liberal

From the content of last Monday''s letters page I must be one of only a few (maybe the only one) Guardian readers who has some sym...

Last Saturday in Huddersfield I watched Northern Stage's splendid revival of Alan Platter' musical drama on the history of mining. A...

There have been no posts for the past week as I've spent it walking in mid-Wales with Anglo-French Walks(for details of which please see...

Jesus taught that the Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath.  In my view much the same applies to the economy: it exists to s...

Yesterday I attended a training session on the workings of the immigration/asylum system in the UK.  I heard that one chap, who claimed at h...

The venue was more prosaic than the rose garden of 10, Downing Street, and there were fewer  smiles and other overt signs of cloying matines...

François Hollande was elected President of France on Sunday 6th May but will not take office until Tuesday 15th. What a sensible way to go a...