I’ve found a great and unquestionable difference between Americans and English people. And it is that we, the British, tend to grow up. With time. Over years. As you’re supposed to. We also develop an intrinsic and instinctual understanding of age-appropriate behaviour and responses. Whereas Americans, on the other hand, tend towards stupidity and retain – Read More-
Mel and I sponsor a local cultural event: the Proms at St. Judes. We do every year. It’s a series of musical concerts; classical, jazz, some pop/rock, in all manner of styles, over a two week summer period at ‘our church’. The one we might go to if we: a. Were Christians, b. Went to – Read More-
The difficulties with young men and boys has become so great that they’ve wheeled out Gareth Southgate to solve it. Like he solved the ‘how to win a World Cup problem’ during his tenure as England football manager. But he is a really nice bloke. The problem is that boys are ‘lost’. They want to – Read More-
Sometimes its hard to be a woman… They need to re-write that song. Changing the next line from “giving all your love to just one mayun”, to, possibly, “especially when she has a penis”. Or even “so I’m changing to be a mayun too”. They rhyme doesn’t matter; its country & western. Nothing matters. But – Read More-
The Office of National Statistics has to work out whether we (the entire economy, not just you) are suffering from inflation, and to what extent. So they use a ‘basket’ of representative goods and services, 752 of them, and see how the price of these things change from quarter to quarter. And I’m worried that – Read More-
Spurs were at Fulham yesterday. In the league. And were doing ok. Well, they hadn’t conceded, were actually playing abysmally, but nil-nil at 70-plus minutes is pretty much all we can hope for, and as its better, mathematically, than 4-nil down, I was happy to take it. For the time being! Meanwhile later that evening – Read More-
Britain became a ‘welfare state’ in 1906. Which is so long ago that the Liberal Party, who were then in government, decades before they became a political irrelevance, introduced measures like national insurance and poverty payments for the unemployed and, yes, an early form of disability benefits. When a Labour government started the National Health – Read More-
I didn’t watch Spurs last night. Couldn’t. I was at tai chi hitting a punch bag. And although I do think of football whilst I’m channelling my inner Bruce Lee, those thoughts are normally reserved for Chelsea players, Arsenal managers, Match of the Day presenters, who form the focus for my aggression. As well as – Read More-
Our wives are trying to kill us. There’s no doubt about it. Married men are three times more likely to be obese than single men. THREE TIMES!!! I read that in a very reputable newspaper. So it must be true. As a groom walks his bride away from the alter to a life of married… – Read More-
So it’s taken America about 3 weeks to see beyond the bravado, the bluster, the total bollocks, which is the work and words of Donald J. Trump and start panicking. Realising that their self-professed ‘saviour’ is in fact a liability of global proportions and a moron to boot. And when America panics, it does so – Read More-