The reluctant newsmen by Phill McCoffers

Back in the days when hot metal met rolls of newsprint it was pretty clear who was in control of what rolled off the presses in black and white. It was the journalists, the editors, or the media moguls in the top floor offices. They had the control, but they also held...

End of the beginning

In London in the winter of 1942 Churchill opened his mouth and something memorable came out, it often did, he had a knack for this kind of thing. “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the...

Brexit & Residence

The UK officially left the EU on 31 January 2020 and the Brexit transition period ran until 31 December 2020. By the moment of writing this lines we do not know if it will end with an agreement – let us hope so –  or with a no deal but some general ideas must be...

It’s nice to be nice.

So that’s it, Donald Trump has gone… except he hasn’t, at least not yet. He may well have gone by the time you read this. He may just have equally bricked himself into the Oval Office with four more years’ supply of cheeseburgers, barking executive orders...