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Labour Party Conference 2024

S Terry Prone: Well-off people get showered with freebies they could well afford

Keir Starmer, who leads a party which traditionally drew loyalty from underpaid people, should not have had his hand out like Oliver Twist asking for more

Mon, 30 Sep, 2024

Terry Prone: There are knickers at the bottom of my garden that boomerang back

S Terry Prone: There are knickers at the bottom of my garden that boomerang back

Somewhere, there’s a holidaymaker mystified by the disappearance of their sexy underwear

Mon, 23 Sep, 2024

Terry Prone: Nothing beats money as catalyst, controller, and social stimulant

S Terry Prone: Nothing beats money as catalyst, controller, and social stimulant

Commodities tell us about poverty and privilege, their use marking the uncrossable line between peasant and aristocrat

Mon, 16 Sep, 2024

LENI RIEFENSTAHL

S Terry Prone: Riefenstahl’s confected reputation is destroyed by her own evidence

A new documentary film proves Leni Riefenstahl to have been a convinced Nazi right up to her death

Mon, 09 Sep, 2024

2024 Republican National Convention: Day 2

S Terry Prone: JD Vance is laughing at his own jokes, but is Donald Trump?

JD Vance laughs at his own jokes, which is up there with referring to yourself in the third person

Sun, 01 Sep, 2024

Terry Prone: Note the rules of Martello tour — book in advance and don't break the gate

S Terry Prone: Note the rules of Martello tour — book in advance and don't break the gate

Many visitors spent childhood summers on the beach down below the tower, looking up at this ugly hulk

Mon, 26 Aug, 2024

Terry Prone: Competent Kamala Harris has her ear to the ground and an eye on the prize

S Terry Prone: Competent Kamala Harris has her ear to the ground and an eye on the prize

Everything has changed in ways nobody anticipated

Mon, 19 Aug, 2024

Dublin Airport, Terminal 1

S Terry Prone: Lawnmower Man was the hero we needed in the departure lounge

When Lawnmower Man told us that the plane had now landed and was being cleaned up, that won him an ironic cheer

Mon, 12 Aug, 2024

Terry Prone: A surly receptionist and shirtless clientele, but no sign of my cookie!

S Terry Prone: A surly receptionist and shirtless clientele, but no sign of my cookie!

You don’t tend to expect semi-starkers guys in the lobby, drinking in the company of their big threatening dog

Mon, 05 Aug, 2024

Woman lying in a hammock on the beach and enjoying a book reading

S Terry Prone: Dodge the duds and avoid book buyer’s remorse on long-haul trips

When you look at the tables of books in the airport shop, you need to know the hints that any particular book is a dud

Mon, 29 Jul, 2024