The late great scientist and writer, my favourite evolutionist (including Darwin, I might add on the grounds that he was funnier), Stephen Jay Gould, was a wonderfully liberal and tolerant man. Rather than tell proponents of a strict biblical interpretation of the natural world to just fuck off and go pray, like… errrr, someone less – Read More-
I don’t read many books on child psychology. Don’t need to. They all say the same thing: children are horrible. Rotten. More trouble than they’re worth. Which is all undeniably true. But oddly doesn’t apply to grandchildren. However, were I to read such books, I dare say the virtually universal problem of ‘the terrible twos’ – Read More-
Julian Assange was arrested this morning. The Ecuadorians finally got rid of the house guest from hell, who they invited in for dinner in 2012 and overstayed his welcome by 7 years. He’d claimed ‘sanctu-ary’, the first person to do so since Quasimodo invoked the same privilege in Notre Dame all those years ago, as – Read More-
I don’t want to read too much into Spurs win against (the horrible) Manchester City last night. I don’t wish to overstate the victory nor the effect it has. I want to keep things in proportion and perspective with a calm and cool objectivity. It was the biggest win EVVVERRRRRR. Bigger than Man United’s 1999 – Read More-
Certain things excite me. Spurs playing Manchester City tonight is ‘fairly’ exciting. In a bit of a scary way. Lila stringing a few words together excites me much more than it really should do. But something that has always given me the biggest ‘frill’ is speed. Particularly, acceleration. I like driving fast, I like cycling – Read More-
If you look in the dictionary they sell in the shiny new Spurs Shop (the biggest in the world, largest in Europe, shiniest ANYWHERE, bestest, grandest, most magnificentest…) and find the word ‘Schadenfreude’, the definition that comes up is: “Everton 1, Arsenal 0”. Furthermore, for the full effect, for the uber-schadenfreude, taking it to the – Read More-
When you go and see a play because a friends’ daughter is starring in it, the last thing you expect is to actually like it. Be impressed by it. Even moved greatly by it. But you book it. In part for support and in part because its great to visit one of the many ‘new’ – Read More-
What is the link between Black Sabbath and The Charlie Daniels Band? Plus Christina Aguilera and Neil Young. Miles Cirus. Foreigner. And the Kinks. The link is easy. Me. Me and fucking YouTube. It’s music porn for the addictive personality. It’s a simple waste of time and (no) energy. Yet its so good that once – Read More-
Last night at midnight was the deadline for posting gender pay gap figures for the year. For big companies. Failure to comply would result in directors having a compulsory night out at Hooters. And the figures are… unequivocal. Generally, ‘men get paid more than women’. Some companies have ‘reduced their gender pay gap’ whilst others – Read More-
Spurs new stadium, new White Hart Lane, Brilliant, impregnable, we’ve never lost a game. Hundred percent record there, that’s no mean feat So praise the Lord, give thanks, for the team that is to beat. The whole thing, beer an’all, only cost one measly billion Whereas Lucas Moura, whom we love, he’s just a bloody – Read More-