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Diary Blog, 24 July 2026

Afternoon music

Stray thought

Was just reading the Daily Telegraph obit of once-famous newspaper editor Donald Trelford: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/01/27/donald-trelford-obituary-editor-observer-fleet-street-lonrho/.

What struck me as much as anything is that, in 1966, Trelford bought a 4-bedroomed house at Kew (presumably detached) for £6,000. That is somewhere between £120,000-£130,000 in the money of 2026. How much is a 4-bed house in Kew today? Between £1.3M and £2.5M [https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/87831852#/?channel=RES_BUY]. The real-terms inflation in residential property values continues to amaze (and appal).

Tweets seen

Dr. Aladwan’s crowdfunder: https://chuffed.org/project/dr-rahmeh-vs-the-lobby-and-the-state.

Someone is about to have a bad day…

Those fake states in the Gulf are just an historical anomaly. It would be better if the region were ruled by a supervening imperium (so long as it is not Israeli).