by Andy Dodd | Aug 28, 2017 | On My Mind, Politics
It’s been a strange and troubling week since the terrorist attack in Barcelona. Partly because of our proximity to the terrible events on Las Ramblas, and partly because having my children on holiday here meant I didn’t want to make them overly fearful in the...
by Andy Dodd | Aug 10, 2017 | Reviews
Last night, I went with my partner and daughters to see ‘Wonder Woman’, a film that seems to have attracted plaudits for its kickass portrayal of female strength and empowerment. Unfortunately, I’d only agree with that if your definition of kickass...
by Andy Dodd | Jul 20, 2017 | Extemplo
I don’t play golf, and I don’t really care where – or even if – it gets shown on TV. I just think it’s funny that an organisation, one of whose prominent courses (Muirfield) only voted to allow women members for the first time this year,...
by Andy Dodd | Jun 8, 2017 | On My Mind, Politics
For the first time in a generation, this election has offered real choice between the two parties that have dominated British politics since the war. After the implosion of New Labour and the subsequent rigour of Conservative austerity, both movements have veered...
by Andy Dodd | May 17, 2017 | On My Mind, Politics
Labour’s manifesto was published today, to the expected chorus of derision from the Tories about Jeremy Corbyn taking Britain ‘back to the Seventies’. This is, of course, abject tosh. I’m not here to defend Jeremy Corbyn. I’ve made my views about him plain...
