ANGUS SHAW Blog

Hell’s Angel? Hell no, not me …

Think of bikers. Do you think of Hell’s Angels? Down here in Zimbabwe we have a different sort of biker. Big and powerful motorbikes? Yes. Skull and crossbones logos and...

Electionballs, no change over the passing of time

In these parts we have been through capitalism, Marxist-Leninist communism, humanism, socialism, corrupt elitism – and now we’ve got a new one: ‘miserablism.’ It is suffered by the majority of...

What really went on with Wagner?

Keen Russia watchers are confused. What really went on with Wagner?  Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, son of a Vladimir, has had to admit paying Yevgeny Victorovich Prigozhin, son of a Victor,...

Poor old Henry

Poor old Henry Kissinger. He just has had his 100th birthday and howls persist that it’s not too late to punish him, perhaps The Hague and jail, for political and...

Bring it on. Humour to the rescue.

Much ado about Rusty Markham lately. The honourable opposition member of parliament stormed out of the bulding during heated debate, evidently saying he was sick and tired of constant racism,...

Where are the cows?

Everyone has heard the tale of the two cows. In socialism, you have two cows, and you give one to your neighbour. In communism, you have two cows, the government...

Arnie’s got us in his sights

Arnie has just had a ball at the Cannes Film Festival – there to promote his new action, comedy and drama Netflix series called FUBAR, which stands for “F*cked Up...

And now for something completely different

Walking backwards in time, some things stay the same despite the stresses of the day. Land Rover devotees are as resilient as the vehicle itself. Multitudes of them have been...