Comedy was invented by Monty Python. Everyone knows that. Before the words: ‘and now for something completely different’ were uttered, no-one had ever laughed. There had been no jokes, no funny stuff, no nuffink. Ok, comedy’s old. People want to laugh, its a lift from the mundane, from the burden, from the tedium. So the – Read More-
I’ve just realised that this could in fact be the last World Cup tournament ever played. Sorry, THE LAST WORLD CUP TOURNAMENT EVER PLAYED!!!!!!!!!!!!! So events like the tradition of washing your horses in the Eden River in Cumbria for the Appleby Horse Fair, which dates back to 1685, will have to step up to – Read More-
We’re at t-minus-four-days from the World Cup kicking off. Brazil playing Croatia in San Paulo, or ‘the tale of two Eduardos’ as I like to think of it. Both of them treacherous, two-timing, double-dealing bastards. For the ex-Goon was born and raised in Rio, then at 15 moved to Zagreb. And that’s 15 years. If – Read More-
Today is the day that Common Riding is celebrated in Hawick. Because its ‘common riding season’ in the border towns. My favourite time of year. Hmmmm. Never actually heard of it before today but its just one more fantastic reason why Europe is the coolest (and most bizarrely stupid) place in the world, and must – Read More-
Men who are hungry prefer larger women than men who have just eaten. Why? Do they want to eat them? See them as a fuller plate? Probably not but its a ‘fact’. Not necessarily a fact as we know it, but it has statistical significance. All testing needs that. And what that means is that – Read More-
Richard Dawkins is my least favourite professor of the popularisation of science, possibly of all time. Even though he’s the only one that’s ever existed. He’s an atheist, which I’m fine with, and an almost evangelical Darwinist, which is fine, and he’s not afraid to offend people with book titles like ‘The God Delusion’, which – Read More-
There’s only two reasons to play sport. One is that you love it, the other that you get paid fortunes for doing it. These two are not mutually exclusive. You can have both. Or ‘live the dream’ as its known in some circles. Or maybe its then not the dream. That if you spend all – Read More-
Hasan Fidan moved to England from Turkey in 2006. So he missed the bit in our national laws which protect swans as they were passed in the 12 century. And swans don’t do twitter. They more, kind’a, squawk. Loudly. As this one did the other day as Hasan jumped on it, in a park, cut – Read More-
So yesterday, sunday morning, glorious, sunny, fab. Came downstairs, put the kettle on (because I’m English and that’s just what we do, without thought, pause, delay or consideration) and opened the front door to retrieve the papers. Ahhhhh. That pesky paper boy had transgressed. Had defied one of Mel’s rules. He put the newspaper on – Read More-
this is a picture taken of the wall in my study. I’ll take pictures of the rest of our walls in due course, riveting that they are. But this one is special. As you can see. It has a photo (quite small) of The Family and a signed photo (quite big) of Pele and Jairzinho – Read More-