A worrying statement. But at least it is not Rod Liddle or James Delingpole striking a chord with me this time. Those moments are more than just worrying. They place a question mark on what remains of a moral compass and focused brain power in my declining years. And they do happen – less and …
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So very simple
There is something awesome as well as chilling in the sheer simplicity of the strategy being pursued by (self-advertised) propaganda genius Dominic Cummings. All entirely predictable and (even by armchair Grumpy from Clapham here) predicted from the outset. Although not, it appears, by the majority of the media. The London Evening Standard (aka George Osborne) …
We are a sideshow … again
This subject probably should be a tweet rather than a blog so apologies for using this medium to knock off a rapid reaction rather than compose a considered, researched view. But the double header of this morning’s Supreme Court judgement and this evening’s news from across the Atlantic of impeachment proceedings against President Trump perfectly …
The age? or my age?
I have tried so far to construct balanced blogs which add insight into an exhibition or a play or a moral dilemma. The kind of analysis which you would expect from “a very reasonable man”. This much briefer one will be closer to Grumpy from Clapham venting his fury at the radio. Hence the title. …
The Doctor: a play on medical ethics or a grumpy diatribe?
Let me start with a simple, clear and unequivocal statement. As his swansong at the Almeida, Robert Icke has delivered a first class modern production of a timeless classic with an outstanding lead performance from Juliet Stevenson. Try to see it if you can although lightning fast fingers on the internet button at 1.00 pm …
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Medical diagnosis – can anyone do it?
Not sure if the New York Times and Netflix quite intended that to be the message of their recently launched documentary series “Diagnosis” but a less exaggerated version of that question did bother me after watching the first episode last night. Dr Lisa Saunders is a clinician who has been writing a monthly column in …
A TALE OF TWO EXHIBITIONS
Why I don’t get it, probably never did and certainly never will I decided to visit a couple of exhibitions which were due to close at the end of the bank holiday weekend – the Japanese Manga at the British Museum and the Frank Bowling retrospective at Tate Britain. I arrived promptly at opening time …
View from the Clapham Omnibus 