If you like American crime fiction, do you know Robert B Parker? I think you should. His private eye, Spenser, was a tough egg, with a soft centre. The books are witty and clever. Read more about him here: open.substack.com/pub/peterharkn…

What's the difference between Trump's plan to annex Greenland and China's attempt to re-absorb Taiwan? All I can see is that Greenland has never belonged to the US and it is a enormous deposit of the world's rarest minerals, required by tech industries such as Tesla. Elon Musk

ME: I remember when doctors used to come out. SON: I remember when the police used to come out.

I wonder if JD Vance is planning to lecture his boss’s buddy Vladimir Putin on democracy and free speech. 🤔

This is all nonsense. Everybody in corporate life knows the expenses and rewards systems are a murky minefield. Reeves was INSTRUCTED to use HBOS cards for staff rewards. HBOS preloaded her cards with cash for this purpose. BBC spends £12million a year on taxis. Just saying.

Ask yourself why, in a Britain struggling to retain food self-sufficiency and keep a it's farming sector afloat, a leading hotel group would import milk from Germany for guest room fridges? National Farmers' Union Marriott Hotels FarmingUK Defra UK

Andrew Neil "The % of GDP" as a measure needs to be dropped It needs to be expressed in REAL terms "UK will add Two Tank Regiments and five infantry Battalions... Five Frigates and Four submarines Three extra F35 Squadrons" A real tangible expression of capability rather than some vague

Whatever President Trump suggests, the real concern among American families isn't conquering Greenland, DEI or invading the Panama Canal - it's eggs. Here's why.... peterharkness.substack.com/p/im-worried-a…

Europe's brewers in a state of panic about Trump tarrifs apparently worrying about their employees - could these by the same brew giants who have shut dozens of UK breweries sacked the staff and taken the jobs to Europe?!? Carlsberg UK CAMRA

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Jim, Nye and Dick - Labour's secret farmers. Ministers of the Wilson era had a very different attitude to farming, as I explain here. Jeremy Clarkson Farmers Guardian Farmers Weekly N-Fu open.substack.com/pub/peterharkn…

Great news for UK regional journalism - these people know about local publishing, and what's maybe more important, it's their mission in life. The Yorkshire Post HoldtheFrontPage holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2025/news/nati…

Dont you hate it when retailers deceive you? SKECHERS_UK offered me 20% off my "next purchase" for signing up to emails. They sent me the code. I ordered a pair of trainers and...

Influencer, eh? Well she has influenced me NEVER to fly from what she calls "Manny" airport! Imagine being stuck on a plane with people like them! mol.im/a/14764387 via dailym.ai/android

How can you tell it was Evri Parcel Support which delivered your parcel?

Times are hard for the British Treasury. Is it time to charge the rest of the world for our great Art Galleries and Museums? poundshttps://open.substack.com/pub/peterharkness/p/time-to-charge-the-world-for-our?r=1gbz8a&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Hundreds of empty seats for the Norrie-Belucci march. Who are the people who hold these tickets and can't be bothered to watch? Why doesn't the Tournament fill them with some of the thousands of fans who are actually interested? Wimbledon BBC Sport

You obviously know that it isn't an issue with the panels, but a failure to recycle and dispose of them properly! So installing the panels didn't create ANY danger. The menace comes from skivvy waste disposal - so typical of America.