WHERE ARE they now? Sometimes you just can’t answer that question… “This account doesn’t exist.” Twitter, in answer to a search for Jim Fitzpatrick MP •Read more about it: Thought for today The Thames Today

WHAT IS THE music industry doing to young women? In a new documentary, Miss Americana, Taylor Swift has revealed that she used to starve herself to earn rewards from magazine editors and avoid negative press comment. Now, she’s changed her ...

RADICAL WORDS from the UK’s next Head of State – but there is little sign that his whimsical diplomacy will unsettle the status quo across the world. “Words are used as badges of shame to mark others as enemies, to ...

UNEXPECTED, surreal – and iconoclastic… “Now, you listen here! He’s not the Messiah. He’s a very naughty boy.” Terry Jones: 1942-2020 RIP •Read more about it: Thought for today The Thames Today

IF ONE 17 year old woman can stand up to world “leaders” – where are the rest of you? “We are not telling you to keep talking about reaching ‘net zero’ emissions or carbon neutrality by cheating or fiddling around ...

A REMINDER from Nelson Mandela that we should not fear campaigning for justice. “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” Nelson Mandela •Read more about it: Thought for today The Thames Today

LET’S HIGHLIGHT the sayings of International Relations graduate Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex. “There’s something so romantic about a man in a scarf and a knitted hat.” Meghan Markle •Read more about it: Thought for today The Thames Today

THE PRIME MINISTER reveals his quaint opinions on the status of women. “Outrageous that married couples should pay for ‘the single mothers’ desire to procreate independently of men.” Boris Johnson, the Spectator, 1995 •Read more about it: Thought for today ...

HERE’S A classic from US President Donald Trump, as impeachment proceedings begin. “Years from now, when we look back at this day, nobody’s going to remember Nancy’s cheap theatrics, they will remember though how President Trump brought the Chinese to ...

ARE FREE school meals for primary school pupils next for the chop? What does Executive Mayor John Biggs have in mind? “Every child in primary school gets a free school meal at present. We fund that through time limited use ...