I think I’m ready. I’m 70. (Though possibly only 60 according to the Times today). All my life I’ve heard about ‘the concentration camps’ and about Auschwitz. And so tomorrow, that’s where we’re headed. To Poland. To Krakow. To… Auschwitz. To see the site of the worst GEN-O-CIDE the world has ever seen. This was – Read More-
Not Charlie, he’s fine. It’s a metaphor, innit? The ‘king’ in this instance being Keir Starmer. Knight of the realm, King’s Counsel, Gooner and southern pooftah. And the new ‘king’, who shall ‘long live!’, is Andy Burnham. Former mayor of Manchester and… errrr… well, MAN OF THE NORTH!!! Proudly so. No shortening of those horrendous – Read More-
Hi, my name’s Andy and I haven’t watched a World Cup match in 5 days. “HELLO ANDY!!” I haven’t actually joined ‘Football Anonymous’, even though Mel put my name down. So I’m not on that particular wagon. Its just that I haven’t watched any game in its entirety since the competition began 5 days ago. – Read More-
It’s my birthday. Today. It’s no secret, I’m (fucking!!!!) 70. I’ve lived a life that’s full; I’ve traveled each and every highway… The best thing you can say about a 70th birthday is: I’m not dead yet. It’s just a lot closer than it was a few decades ago. Even someone as generally positive and – Read More-
This is me and Henry Moore. I’m the one holding the bottle. Mainly because this Henry has no hands. Poor soul. It’s an exhibition at Kew Gardens. In… er… Kew. Which is not that far. But allowing for parking hassle and the North Circular Road, we normally take the train. Its easy. Relaxed. Reliable. Not – Read More-
Elon Musk has reached a new pinnacle. Not content with being the undisputed ‘most obnoxious person on the planet’, which is possibly why he’s so interested in other planets, if he can find ‘life’, there may be a chance to find some… something even more obnoxious. But for now; he’s tops. And yesterday, with the – Read More-
As a celebration of my 70th birthday, various events have been planned. Not by me; we went to Cadiz, that was my planning done, these celebrations, on the actual birthday itself (like The Queen I seem to have more than one birthday; well, more than one celebration; same difference). So I spoke to Gianni Infantino – Read More-
I always thought that people from Northern Ireland had no faces. I felt sorry for them. Because whenever they were interviewed on tv during the endless years of ‘the troubles’ (read: ‘the period of civil war, bombings, murders, maiming and untold violence against their neighbours and against US!!!), they spoke through black balaclavas and wore – Read More-
So who voted Donald Trump as the world’s referee? Who voted for him to be anything? Not me. But he’s just ‘told Israel and Iran to stop shooting’. And, surprise, surprise, they haven’t. Mainly because his ‘ceasefire’ has not included Lebanon so the Iranians are retaliating on Lebanon’s behalf. Well, not Lebanon exactly, but Hezbollah. – Read More-
This picture is the standard ‘evolutionary progression’. There were many such images. Lots from the Victorian times put an unambiguous black man in the line-up, just before the white man who was always the ‘apex’ of evolution (such a phrase that has absolutely no validity; there is no ‘apex’; evolution continues, its what it does. – Read More-