UK politics, parliament, and the press
Apologies if this post reads as too gossipy-the blogosphere has enough of that with Guido and others- but listening to the News Quiz yesterday, Jeremy Hardy claimed Adam Werrity was only 5ft 8inches, meaning that Liam Fox must be a mere 5ft based on the picture shown above. 
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.
