I'm pleased to see that Ruttie remains in rude health, and it wouldn't be a visit it to Bonkers Hall without the Well-Behaved Orphans. And so another week with Rutland's most celebrated fict… Read More
One of the many things that surprises me about Lord Bonkers is the friendship he once enjoyed with the notorious London gang boss Violent Bonham Carter. I suspect their relationship was rath… Read More
Embed from Getty ImagesAn issue of Fortean Times generally provides something of interest for this blog. And the November one has hit the jackpot in the shape of another person who may have… Read More
As it's a new month, Lord Bonkers is keen that I should tell you what he was doing 30 years ago. So here is an extract from the diary that appeared in Liberator 215, the September 1993… Read More
Movies can evoke emotions, entertain, and leave a lasting impact on viewers. However, some films push comfort zone boundaries and challenge our perceptions of cinema. Here are 15 movies that… Read More
The new issue of Liberator has been posted on the magazine's website in time for the Liberal Democrat Conference. It's issue 419 (September 2023) and you can download it for free.I'll start… Read More
Marcus Trescothick retired in 2019 after a remarkable 25-year career with Somerset and England. But when I first mentioned the Well-Behaved Orphans' summer holiday in the pages of Liberator… Read More
If you’ve ever ordered Kobe beef at a restaurant in the U.S., you’ve almost certainly been had.The scam that is the American “Wagyu” and “Kobe beef” indus… Read More
To celebrate the simultaneous worldwide release of Mortal Kombat (Midway, 1992) on home consoles, 13 September 1993 was dubbed “Mortal Monday”. Mortal Kombat’s move to… Read More
Ahsoka Tano started as a bothersome kid in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated movie before fans gained an appreciation for her many years after the fact. She has become one of the most i… Read More
Reading: Judges 6:11-24
I think Gideon and I would have gotten on well. See, there are so many examples of wonderful people in the Bible receiving a message from the Lord and immediately ob… Read More
Somerton and Frome is important, not just because of the size of the swing to the Liberal Democrats, but also because of where it is, argues Katy Balls:In 2015, part of the Tories’ suc… Read More
It's official. Melton Mowbray is the most miserable place in Britain.The Office of National Statistics recently ranked all 393 local authority areas, taking into account anxiety levels, happ… Read More
I've just got home from a Harborough Liberal Democrats social event. It was a joyous evening as we were celebrating the gains we made from the Conservatives on 4 May. As a result of them we… Read More
At the time of speaking to Paul Butterworth over Zoom in the depths of the Covid pandemic, he was deep into production on Australian auteur George Miller’s fantasy romance Three Thousa… Read More
Embed from Getty ImagesLord Bonkers isn't the only politician to have had an orphanage: both Mr Gladstone and my local hero Paddy Logan had one too.Now I am discovering that showbiz celebrit… Read More
These days, a new superhero movie hits theaters and streaming services almost every week. But it wasn’t always that way. Superheroes stormed pop culture 2000s, with 2002’s… Read More
It's the question that almost no one is asking, and I've put off answering it as long as I decently can, but it's time to find out what Lord Bonkers was saying in the December of 30 years ag… Read More
Mumbai, May 25 (IANS) Welsh actress Myford Clark, who essayed the role of Galadriel in the first season of the streaming series 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power', has provided a sn… Read More