Philip Ardagh 8/5/25 Philip Ardagh 8/5/25

Stella Rimington BA DG DCB PhD (but not KGB) RIP

Philip Ardagh on a memorable evening spent in the company of the late spy chief.

ASH Smyth 2/10/25 ASH Smyth 2/10/25

In Memoriam: Willie Loughlin

ASH Smyth ‘remembers’ the Singing Laundryman.

Tim Cooper 1/12/24 Tim Cooper 1/12/24

RIP Hutch.

Tim Cooper 12/1/23 Tim Cooper 12/1/23

Tim Cooper pays tribute to fellow punk, Shane MacGowan.

Tim Cooper 11/27/23 Tim Cooper 11/27/23

How I would bend the ear of the late Terry Venables.

ASH Smyth 6/30/23 ASH Smyth 6/30/23

ASH Smyth remembers Conor O Brien: apostrophe-hater, architect, mountaineer, boat-builder, writer, IRA gun-runner and officer of the Royal Navy.

Richard Simon 5/27/23 Richard Simon 5/27/23

Martin Amis was someone I thought of as a kind of elder sibling, hero, avatar, even scapegoat.

Boris Starling 3/8/23 Boris Starling 3/8/23

On International Women’s Day, Boris Starling pays tribute to Fleur de Villiers, a remarkable family friend.

Boris Starling 1/27/23 Boris Starling 1/27/23

On Holocaust Memorial Day, Boris Starling recalls a much-revered (and feared) school teacher.