Firstly let me  congratulate Bryony Frost and her Ditcheat-based ‘super’ trainer/guv’nor, Paul Nicholls, on their Irish triumph with Frodon last Saturday; the initiative and confidence the ‘Champion’ has invested into his jockeys is impressive.  Paul is a businessman through and through, it’s testimony to Bryony and Harry Cobcden they areContinue Reading

Brexit fish wars: history explains why France and the UK get so angry about access to the seas

A scene from the First Anglo-Dutch War, from British Battles on Land and Sea, by James Grant. falkensteinfoto/Alamy A dispute between Britain and France about fishing territories has escalated rapidly. French authorities detained a British trawler on Thursday October 28, and Britain promptly summoned the French ambassador for talks. TheContinue Reading