The home of Colin Todd, editor of Candour, was illegally raided on the afternoon of Thursday 8th of March by uniformed police officers from all over Hampshire and members of the Special Branch under false pretences. Those pretences being that a 'member of the public' had complained about a "shotgun" being fired from "somewhere near" Mr. Todd's home. Mr. Todd was handcuffed and charged with fire-arm offences.

Fact. A member of the public has since come forward to confirm that the alleged shotgun blast(s) were in fact army style thunderflashes (used on exercises) thrown from a white van in the road passing Mr. Todd's home. This same van was later positively identified (people are very aware of the 'travelling community' problem in this area) as joining the police vehicles at Mr. Todd's home and the two (plain clothed) male occupants joining the police activity.

Colin was held a Winchester Police Station for 24 hours while the Special Branch seized two computers and documents. (Subs lists are safe. Not kept on computers).

A full report will follow soon on this website and in the next issue of Candour.

Colin informs us that he intends to pursue this matter to the fullest possible degree and also official complaints will be made against every single officer involved in this clumsy and hugely, then and in the future, wasteful attempt at intimidation of an Englishman. Mr. Todd means all the way.

Do not forget that Candour subscription prices increase from 1st April 2012. A number of people have subscribed or renewed at the current prices - why not join them? This is the final reminder!

See our subscription page for more information.

From 1st April 2012, the rates will be :

UK £25.00

Europe 40.00 Euros

USA/Canada $50.00

Rest of the World £35.00

We have just added this book to our website bookshop.

It has been three decades since a new, simple, yet inspirational work has been written and published on the subject of the social teaching of the Catholic Church. Praised by orthodox bishops and priests for its clarity and purpose, it is recommended to all Catholics and Christians who wish to Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and unto God that which is God's.

It acts as a handy guide to the theory and practise of Catholic Social Action.

We have added this book to our bookshop page.

The author makes a clear case against the BBC for consistently taking an anti-patriotic line and being far removed from the 'unbiased news source' that some naively believe it to be. Written in the 1970's, it is even more relevant today!

From Saturdays Daily Mail.

The following story is printed in today's Daily Telegraph :

"It has been 25 years since leading Nazi Rudolf Hess died in a Berlin prison but a newly-declassified report into how it happened has apparently failed to answer unexplained questions about whether he really did kill himself. "

The full story is here.

We have added a new page to the website entitled "About Us" to give new visitors an idea of what our aims and objectives are. This page is under the 'Candour' tab above.

We have recently discovered a small cache of the print shown below. The supply of this rare item is limited. The portrait is by the artist Richard Walker and was painted in the last months of A.K.'s life.

Printed on glossy paper the print measures 8 1/2" by 9" and looks splendid when framed.

This is now available in our bookshop for £4.00

We are happy to say that we are now set up to accept payments via Paypal.

You should see Paypal icons in the bookshop and the subscription pages.

We're new to this, so would be grateful for feedback on your ordering experiences.

Please note that we haven't quite mastered overseas postage yet. If any overseas purchaser doesn't see the usual 30% postage charge on their payment, please go ahead and place the order. We will follow up with a postage invoice in due course. Please bear with us while we try and resolve the issue.