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By their fruits ye shall know them

That little line from The Sermon on the Mount is a good way of saying never mind the waffle, look at what it produces. In the case of our educational system, now under the caring, if utterly mendacious hand of …

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Yet more Ed Balls-ups

Some 30 odd years ago I met a lady who was a granddaughter of the Lion of Judah – the Emperor Haile Selassie. She clearly inherited some of his courage, for she had survived 8 years being imprisoned and tortured …

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On turds – an apology

I am not the first person to comment on my stupidity, but I am often the last to notice it. However, I noticed that half way through my last piece I mistakaenly changed the reptilian Adam Applegarth’s name to Appleyard. …

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Legal wit – and waste

I have (and I apologise) bored you with moans about my divorce a couple of times, but one story about the changing attitudes in legal circles amused me no end. I was asking my lawyer why it seems almost impossible …

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A seasonal joke

A driver is stuck in a traffic jam going into Central London. Nothing is moving north or south. Suddenly a man knocks on his window. The driver rolls t idown his window and asks, ‘What’s happened, what’s the hold up?’ …

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Wine-lovers’ cartoon found in “The Oldie”

‘The difference? Well Sir, the Barolo is ripe, rich and round, with lots of spicy, earth-scented black cherry and berry flavors, hinting deliciously at chocolate on the smooth finish, while The Blue Nun is more nylon underpants, skid-marks, ITV, thick …

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