My birthday teapot
My lovely wife recently gave me a very cool Tetsubin teapot as a birthday present. A recent visit to Samovar Tea Lounge in San Francisco got me back into drinking good quality loose tea. When I first left home at 16 to live in Glasgow my apartment was in Chinatown so I pretty much survived […]
Why the Charles Taylor trial is compulsive viewing
I’ve had the priveledge to serve on a jury in a criminal case and the inner workings of the law and the courts have always fascinated me. So watching the trial of Charles Taylor in the Special Court on Sierra Leone on BBC News has been an interesting break from the usual churn of Coalition […]
Interview with James Taylor on BBC
Haven’t been blogging much of late but thought I would put up an interview I did for BBC Radio Scotland. I’m interviewed by Penny Junor who was formerly a speechwriter for Margaret Thatcher. She’s also written books on John Major, Cliff Richard, Richard Burton and Eric Clapton. In the interview I talk about growing up […]
Why Lib Dems should support The Big Society
I want to let you in on my dirty little secret. I am a Lib Dem but I also believe in Cameron’s Big Society. There, I’ve said it, it’s out in the open. I want to tell you why I think other Lib Dems should also support what the Coalition are trying to do in […]
Taylor’s Top Ten – Political Blogs of the Week
Caron’s Musings points out the stupidity of banning the burka Mark Reckons shows what political blogging and the Beatles have in common Cicero’s Songs reveals The Truth about New Labour Stephen on why style wins over violence Iain Dale on why Graham Evans MP is a Hero to Parliamentary Secretaries Andrew Reeves gets in the […]