2016-01-19 21:55
Embed from Getty ImagesOn New Year's Day I visited Nottingham and in particular Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem, which sits beneath the rock surmounted by Nottingham Castle.In 1831 the Castle, by… Read More
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Liberal Democrat Blog of the Year 2014"Well written, funny and wistful" - Paul Linford; "He is indeed the Lib Dem blogfather" - Stephen Tall"Jonathan Calder holds his end up well in the competitive world of the blogosphere" - New Statesman"A prominent Liberal Democrat blogger" - BBC Radio 4 Today programme"Charming and younger than I expected" - Wartime Housewife
2016-01-19 20:22
The independent inquiry into the handling of allegations made against Greville Janner which was commissioned last year by the Director of Public Prosecutions issued its report today.That inq… Read More
2016-01-19 19:10
Margaret Beckett's report on what she believes to be the reasons for its defeat in last year's general election has been published by the Labour Party. BBC News has a summary.There is an art… Read More
2016-01-18 22:14
Copyright © Dennis CalowHavelock Street runs beside Leicester Royal Infirmary. This photograph was taken in 1969 just before the pub disappeared to allow the expansion of the… Read More
2016-01-18 21:21
The first segment of this evening's Inside Out for the East Midlands concerned the allegations against Lord Janner.I don't think it told us anything new, but it did remind us how longstandin… Read More
2016-01-18 19:28
Embed from Getty ImagesAlan Rickman's sad death last week revealed that his brother Michael is a member of Harborough District Council.The Leicester Mercury has published a short article, qu… Read More
2016-01-17 22:23
This evening York Mix posted 12 vintage films of the city.One caught my eye straight away, because it comes from August 1979 and so falls during my time as a student in the city.Watching it… Read More
2016-01-17 21:22
Are you sure about this? Ed.Gareth Epps reports that Liberal Democrat Conference has lost a day."Contemporary advocates of No-Platforming have so far failed to provide any convincing, rigoro… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
When David Bowie died local newspapers scrambled to find a local angle on the story.The Leicester Mercury did rather better, reprinting a rather sniffy review from 1973 of a concert he gave… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Embed from Getty ImagesNot only that, he is such a penetrating commentator that he warned them about their ludicrous campaign back in November:My view is that the role of the media has becom… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
"When he became leader of the Opposition, Corbyn was an unknown, even to his own side. Really, he was not of the Labour Party at all. He’s hardly followed the Labour whip, he disagreed… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Embed from Getty ImagesPaddy Ashdown and Jo Cox, the Labour MP for Batley and Spen, have written a joint letter to David Cameron calling on him to involve the RAF in getting aid to the starv… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Experience Nottinghamshire tells the story of the city's statue of Robin Hood:On 24th July 1952, the statue of Robin Hood was unveiled by the Duchess of Portland on the Robin Hood Lawn, bene… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Embed from Getty ImagesDean Atcheson famously said that Britain had lost an empire and not yet found a role. The same problem seems to be afflicting Nick Clegg.Earlier this week the Telegrap… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Embed from Getty ImagesEager to support his new leader, Keith Vaz tells the Leicester Mercury that Jeremy Corbyn has persuaded him it is right to scrap Britain's nuclear deterrent:"He's made… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Thanks to the Shropshire Star for leading me to this video Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Nick Rushton, the Conservative leader of Leicestershire County Council, has just issued the following statement:“My Twitter account was hacked by someone with malicious intent. Whoever… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
How very strange!On Tuesday I reprinted Nick Rushton's statement in full. (He explained that his Twitter account had been taken over by a hacker who had misused that access to follow a numbe… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
MediaMasters has a cracking interview on Labour and political communication with Gordon Brown's former spin doctor Damian McBride."Recess is a lot more than just a free break for kids to pla… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Embed from Getty ImagesMiranda Green has an article in the Guardian looking at the prospects for Labour and the Liberal Democrats in the coming year.I was struck by this passage:For the… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Just before Christmas, following the death of Greville Janner, I wrote:Trying a dead man is surely an absurdity out of the Middle Ages.Yet things are seldom that clear cut in the law. A tria… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I came across this plaque on a house near Nottingham Castle which is now home to the Word Service restaurant.Marshal Tallart was the commander of the French forces at Blenheim. He… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Calexico, says the band's website is no stranger to negotiating borders. For the better part of two decades, eight albums, and countless trips around the globe, Joey Burns and John Convertin… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The great man told us in an interview with Jeremy Paxman in 1999 Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Embed from Getty ImagesLenny Harper, formally a senior police office on the island, has been giving evidence to the inquiry into the care system in Jersey.BBC News has a report of his eviden… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Embed from Getty ImagesI remember at a conference a few years ago attending a session on the future of the profession. The panel turned out to consist of four middle-aged men in suits,Rather… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Peter Kelner, interviewed in a podcast, looks at how Labour MPs might depose Jeremy Corbyn - something they will have to do if the party is to stand any chance at the next election.Suddenly… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Robert Banks Stewart, creator of Shoestring and much else, died yesterday.By chance I found this interview a few days ago. In it Trevor Eve remembers Banks Stewart and making the series Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Recent videos in this series have covered Aberdeenshire and Lancashire.You can find the earlier ones listed in the Lancashire post.One day soon I will give them their own label Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Embed from Getty ImagesGood sense from the former England hooker Brian Moore:Jones should end the cult of the captain that has bedevilled too many England teams in too many sports; it is a r… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Reports are coming in from Rutland of an unfortunate development...lord bonkers is a pie— Jonathan Calder (@lordbonkers) January 10, 2016 Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
A surprising move from such a publicity-hungry politician.Later. A lot of people on Twitter are claiming he has deleted his Facebook account too.Even later. He's back Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
A live performance from 2002.Moon dust will cover you Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I thought I knew a lot about the Stiperstones, but thanks to a tweet from Wild About Walking I made a new discovery today.There is an Orthodox monastery in the Eastern shadow of these hills… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
John McDonnell gave an interview to politics.co.uk which was posted on their site this morning.He was asked about Labour's complaint to the BBC over Stephen Doughty's appearance on the Daily… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Our Headline of the Day comes from the Gainsborough Standard Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
James Davidson is 89 today - thanks to Mr Memory from telling me.He gained Aberdeenshire West (roughly equivalent to the modern Kincardine & Deeside seat) for the Liberal Party.Wikipedia… Read More
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