More ripples in Kanadoodle with the Consumptive Party choosing a new leader – someone who can go head to head with Dustbin Truthless in the next election. For those who didn’t follow the Consumptive Party convention yawn-fest, it was a virtual coronation for Pierre (cluck, cluck) Poulet, a combative rooster that has no intention of …
Month: September 2022
THE ROYAL REPUBLIC OF KANADOODLE
The Queen is dead, long live the King! You have to hand it to the Brits - they really know how to go all out with the pomp and hoopla around any big royal event. The death of Queen E Two has provided monarchists worldwide with the greatest show in royal history. Aside from …
9/11 REVISITED
It’s been twenty-one years since the al-Qaeda attacks of 9/11 and the occasion was marked in America this week by a number of ceremonies commemorating the nearly three thousand people killed. The attack itself was a message for North Americans who, up until then, were remarkably insulated from the radical ideologies that spawn global terrorism. …
KING LEOPOLD’S GHOST BY ADAM HOCHSCHILD
King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hochschild – Houghton Mifflin, 1998 – If you’ve ever wondered why so many African countries continue to be in disarray, long after they chucked out the colonial system, this is a book that you should read. King Leopold II of Belgium (1835 – 1909) managed to carve out a huge …
THE LAST GARDEN IN ENGLAND BY JULIA KELLY
The Last Garden in England by Julia Kelly, Gallery Books 2021 - What better time spent than enjoying the delights of a resplendent garden? The famous gardens of the world are the result of landscape designers attempting to enhance, harmonize or tame nature in a way that reflects their will. But landscape gardening is a …
Richard's Left Bank 