June 2016

Questions for Jeremy Corbyn, Seumas Milne and Alan Johnson on the Brexit victory

Cometh the hour, cometh the man. But it wasn’t Jeremy Corbyn. Or even Labour’s Remain front man, Alan Johnson. So the morning after Great Britain was cut adrift in an ocean of uncertainty by the Brexit vote, the public were finally told the truth by the Leave campaign: there will be no £350mn saving per

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Michael Gove wanted me to “powder him down”: Remain experts compared to Nazis

EU referendum plays havoc with Brexit logic as brains implode Michael Gove appears to have been struck silly by the Hitler Tourettes syndrome afflicting the political class when under pressure. Brexit’s Number Two says that the many pro-Remain economists who urge Britain to stay in the EU are like the German experts who told Albert

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A Beautiful Disorder: Chinese sculptors exhibited in Britain for first time

This could be good. Exhibition — A Beautiful Disorder 3 July—6 November, 2016 Grounds and Galleries The Cass Sculpture Foundation New Barn Hill Goodwood Chichester PO18 0QP Free with general entry Cass Sculpture Foundation is delighted to present A Beautiful Disorder, the first major exhibition of newly commissioned outdoor sculpture by contemporary Greater Chinese artists

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Summer cocktails with Madam Miaow: borage, Pimms and Bowie Moscow Mules

EDIT: Apologies but the flower in the picture has been identified as green alkanet or pentaglottis sempervirens, not borage (although it’s close) which has star-shaped flowers. It is a relative of the forget-me-not and borage. Edible, used as a substitute for true borage in Pimms. Try floating three flowers on top of your Pimms —

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