Monthly Archives: April 2011

Photo: Kenny Everett’s foam hand, as waved (approvingly) at a 1980s Tory event Former Tory Minister Chris Patten tucks his knees under the Chairman’s (presumably) gold tooled leather topped desk at the BBC Trust next week. The event reminds me … Continue reading →

On April 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit Earth. His first words on lift off were ‘poyekhali’ or ‘off we go’. I hadn’t absorbed the significance of Gagarin for Central and Eastern Europeans til a trip … Continue reading →