Jonathan Calder
Jonathan Calder has been a district councillor and contributed to speeches by Paddy Ashdown and Charles Kennedy. These days he prefers to poke gentle fun from the sidelines. He blogs at Liberal England
Articles by Jonathan Calder
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Comedy
Kenneth Williams the puritan
- 27 May 2008
- 1 comment
The curious rise of later capitalism, the lucrative side of devastation plus the success of a 1960s comedy show
Life & Society
Is Boris the new Roderick Spode?
- 12 May 2008
- 3 comments
Commuting without alcohol, Boris's first wedding and being the blondest Johnson. Jonathan Calder reflects on life in the metrop from his Stiperstones vantage point
Life & Society
Brown, foxes and tai chi
- 28 April 2008
- 1 comment
The perils of taking your fox up the aisle, free premium bonds for all the workers plus good karma for cows...
Life & Society
War-like Smurfs
- 14 April 2008
Apparently many Olympic traditions date back to the Nazis...
Comedy
What happened to the Famous Five?
- 31 March 2008
- 1 comment
The truth about Enid Blyton's most famous characters plus some tips for Lord Saville...
UK Politics
Talk of Britishness is so unbritish
- 18 March 2008
Swearing allegiance, a collapsing mine and how a bootleg liquor stall ran into rocky ground
UK Politics
A lasting political marriage
- 04 March 2008
Jonathan Calder looks back 20 years to the merger of the SDP and Liberal Party and a result that exceeded many expectations
Life & Society
Chained to Nicholas Ridley
- 04 March 2008
Ah the anti-road protests of the 1990s! Life became a heady cocktail of Just William and The Colditz Story, and I camped out all summer
Society
Disappointing Virgin
- 18 February 2008
- 1 comment
The Northern Rock nationalisation, teasing Woy Jenkins and the happy story of the goose that loves Lucy
Life & Society
Remember the 1960s?
- 04 February 2008
- 4 comments
In his new fortnightly column, Liberal England's Jonathan Calder looks back on a lifetime of reading the New Statesman from the vantage point of the Stiperstones
