Eric Avebury

  With my parents and sister Livy, in Zermatt 1938. So I was just over 10 at the time.

Yesterday Mr Shofiqur Rahman Chowdhury MP called on me, and here he is presenting me with a plaque commemorating the martyrdom of Bangabandh...

The House rose this afternoon for the Whitsun recess. Monday I had a urodynamics test at King's, to measure the performance of my bladd...

I have a frustrating time trying to upload this video: http://www.peteglastonbury.plus.com/Silbury16May2009.gif Do have a look at Pete Glast...

Yesterday the Eritrean Ambassador H E Mr T Gerahtu called on me, and we had a wide-ranging discussion. He said that DfID is helping with cle...

Since the last score was recorded, we have had three games: i-1, 1-1, and 2-0 to JW, so he's now ahead 109-108.

The headlines of the last few days have been dominated by the expenses scandal in both Houses, so here's my take on it. People are so di...

In 2004 UN-HABITAT responded to the problem of evictions of squatters, low-income renters, indigenous peoples and other vulnerable groups wi...

Bahrain: Released human rights defender Jaafar Kadhim severely beaten Bahrain Center for Human Rights - May 10, 2009 The Bahrain Centre for ...

 My parents' wedding in 1924, photograph kindly sent to me by cousin Richard Boyle. Its always fascinating whem photographs or letters f...