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Roger Morgan-Grenville
Dec 31, 20193 min read
Of Dukes, and Cadburys Dairy Milk
My great-great grandfather was a Duke, a fact I thought I’d sneak out there before I got famous, and people accused him of giving me a...
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Roger Morgan-Grenville
Dec 16, 20193 min read
Our Inner Marxist
One of the ironies of far left politics is just how much money you have to have in your life in order to be there in the first place....
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Roger Morgan-Grenville
Sep 20, 20194 min read
The only Etonian in the village
On the basis that you should always shoot the crocodile nearest your boat, the immediate problem I needed to deal with was hunger. I was...
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Roger Morgan-Grenville
Jul 22, 20192 min read
Navigating the Tea Trolley of Life
These are bleak days one way or another, so it is good to find solace where you may. ‘The wonderful news, ‘ as Billy Graham ceaselessly...
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Roger Morgan-Grenville
Jul 4, 20193 min read
The surprising importance of fences
Dear Jezza I’ve been thinking. Dangerous, I know, but I have. And what I’ve been thinking is about making a bold political move to the...
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Roger Morgan-Grenville
Jun 17, 20194 min read
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
You never understand what you have lost until it has gone. Most of us have forgotten how, when the world was younger and more carefree,...
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Roger Morgan-Grenville
Apr 28, 20193 min read
Polishing You Know What
They say you can’t but, believe me, you can. There are authors, painters, sculptors, rock groups and god knows who else who manage little...
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Roger Morgan-Grenville
Apr 19, 20194 min read
Dear Assistant Chief Constable (3)
Dear Assistant Chief Constable I hope that you and Mrs. Assistant Chief Constable are able to enjoy a lovely weekend in the first of the...
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Roger Morgan-Grenville
Mar 11, 20192 min read
Up the strategic staircase we go…
Clearly, we need to dial up some more bandwidth. For the last few months we have all been behind the curve vis-Ã -vis the low hanging...
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Roger Morgan-Grenville
Mar 5, 20193 min read
£100.86. The price of love
Everything before ‘but’ is bollocks. Dan taught me that. Dan was a Canadian major attached to my battalion in Hong Kong in 1980, and he...
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Roger Morgan-Grenville
Feb 21, 20194 min read
Our very own American Pie
With apologies to Don Mclean, and the most brilliant song ever written Long long time ago I can still remember when Mr Cameron had a...
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Roger Morgan-Grenville
Feb 16, 20193 min read
Saving Planet Earth… (the Home Counties way…)
Saving Planet Earth (the Home Counties way) ‘Somebody had to change the world, and obviously I was the one for the job.’ My words? No,...
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Roger Morgan-Grenville
Feb 13, 20193 min read
Dear Assistant Chief Constable (2)
D Dear Assistant Chief Constable, Further to my letter of the 8th January, I have now completed the speed awareness course you kindly...
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Roger Morgan-Grenville
Feb 7, 20193 min read
A very British crime
A VERY BRITISH CRIME I did my bit yesterday, and ruined a criminal’s day. No, please! Anyone would have done the same. The crime I foiled...
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Roger Morgan-Grenville
Jan 8, 20193 min read
Dear Assistant Chief Constable
Dear Assistant Chief Constable, Happy New Year to you, too. I hope you and Mrs. Constable were able to relax. Thank you for your letter...
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Roger Morgan-Grenville
Dec 22, 20183 min read
Wanted: Cherubim. Apply within.
My mind wanders during carol concerts. This year, it wandered into the realms of Cherubim and Seraphim. They get a good puff throughout...
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Roger Morgan-Grenville
Dec 6, 20184 min read
The 10098th Umbrella
I certainly stole it. I know that to be a fact for about four reasons, the first of which is that I have never bought an umbrella in my...
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Roger Morgan-Grenville
Dec 4, 20183 min read
The great advent calendar arms race
It’s all John Lewis’ fault, of course, and people don’t like that. A decade of those weepy Christmas ads has put a tiresome qualification...
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Roger Morgan-Grenville
Dec 1, 20184 min read
Joe Hill
I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night. I didn’t really. What I actually dreamed was that I had been selected to bat for England, but that...
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Roger Morgan-Grenville
Nov 22, 20183 min read
Nine..
In 1983, I was banned for life from Hockley Golf Club south of Winchester. Long story, and I don’t think, on reflection, that any of us...
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