Britain
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Riders of the Storm: the story of London Edinburgh London 2025
In the immortal words of The Beatles, I’m now a paperback writer! I have just published…
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Packing tips for riding London Edinburgh London 2025
This is the fifth in my series of posts about my preparation for the 1530km London Edinburgh…
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Preparing for London Edinburgh London: LEL volunteers create over 2,400 rider starter packs
This is the fourth in my series of posts about my preparation for the 1530km London Edinburgh…
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Remembering my first bike tour, 30 years on
Note: most of the images illustrating this post are photos of projections of the 35mm slides…
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Swindon’s Mechanics’ Institute: my letter in The Times
The Mechanics’ Institute in Swindon, Wiltshire, is symbolic of the Victorian belief in self improvement. It…
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Remembering Jim Callaghan: an underrated PM
James Callaghan, who died 20 years ago this week, might have been Britain’s most forgotten postwar…
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Last of the Few: Battle of Britain pilot John Hemingway dies, aged 105
The BBC today reported that the last surviving Battle of Britain pilot has died. Group Captain…
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Goodbye, America: Britain must choose Europe over Trump’s rogue United States
I love America. I was lucky enough to work for a wonderful American company for 16…
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Thatcher’s thunderbolt: becoming Tory leader, 50 years ago
Reflections on Margaret Thatcher’s shock victory 50 years ago this week in the leadership election that…
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Headlines from my 50 year old childhood scrapbook
Do any children today keep a scrapbook? It seems very unlikely given almost every aspect of…