I’m fed up with goals in football. Fed up with the spectacular and the amazing and the concerted and the wonderful. Because they’re not currently being scored by Spurs. I have no desire to watch Manchester United score great goals, nor Chelsea, Manchester City or even Huddersfield. I can’t include Arsenal in that because they – Read More-
There are very few times in life that you can simply put your foot down and leave it there. As a driver it happens on occasion. As a husband hardly ever. But today I experienced such a moment of sublime exaltation as I pulled onto the A1 just south of Leeds. Leaving Yorkshire is always – Read More-
Did you see Gylfi Sidgurdsson’s goal last night. His first for Everton and probably the best goal he’s ever going to score for anyone. 50 yards, on the run, so much though that as he kicked the ball he fell over. Made no difference. He’d spotted the goalie a mile off his goal line and – Read More-
40% of middle-aged people do not manage a 10 minute walk once a month. Front page of the paper. How the fuck is that even possible? You would have to actually avoid walking. A trip around a supermarket takes half an hour, that’s walking. Not TO the supermarket but just buying shopping, walking round the – Read More-
I’m not a boxing fan. Haven’t been since Mohamed Ali hung up his gloves. The sport just doesn’t do it for me. Don’t mind doing it, but watching is a bit dull, gets technical, I fall asleep. Which, if you’ve paid your tenner to PPV to watch it, is a bit of a waste. If – Read More-
This is the result of the latest research: ‘NEWS HEADLINES WILL KILL YOU!!!’ Its now been shown in tests (my kitchen, every morning) that the increase in anxiety, neuroses and panic attacks is enhanced by stupid fucking, attention-grabbing headlines that are essentially dishonest and therefore daft. On the front page of the Times this morning, – Read More-
I really don’t like football, have no desire to discuss it, no interest in it whatsoever. There’s no need. There’s things like cricket; we just beat the (once the absolute mightiest) West Indies by an innings and 200 odd runs in the first test. Took 3 days (note to non-cricket fans: that’s a virtual blink – Read More-
What makes you happy? A sunny morning? A beautiful woman? A sculpture? Your children? The feel of your lover? The sound of the birds? News that Donald Trump has been assassinated? It can be anything. We’re all different. But with so much shit happening in the world, some balance is always required. For every piece – Read More-
It would have become ‘Charlotteville-gate’ but its too long to print on t-shirts and it would go round your coffee mug twice. So instead we’ll call it ‘The Fuck Up’. Which is nothing if not completely accurate. An object lesson in how not to handle a disaster. By Donald J. Trump. The town of Charlotteville – Read More-
Danny Finklestein at the Times argues today that we ignore genetic influence on behaviour at our peril. He makes this point after the recent sacking at Google of the guy who said there are less women working there because they’re more ‘neurotic’. Fair comment. Or not. Google thought not. Or thought they had to say – Read More-