UK politics, parliament, and the press
I'm away for a few days in Florence so no blogging for a spell. I'll be ruminating, the while, on the claim by Cherie Blair that not only is she a socialist- which I can believe- but that Tony is too.
I was born in the Welsh borderlands and grew up in Shrewsbury. Then to Aberystwyth University before working in the admin class of the civil service for a couple of unhappy years. Then got job at Manchester University which I loved. I became Director Extra-Mural Studies 1986-91 and then had a stroke while out jogging. Retired on medical grounds but still teach and write a good deal. Recently took up a part-time position in politics at Liverpool Hope University. Why Skipper? Legacy of captaining a post-graduate cricket team at university.
