Are babies addictive? Should they be given a ‘class 1’ rating? Like heroin and cocaine? Have they set up support groups for tragic grandparents who swoon over any and every photo of their sleeping progeny? “My name’s Andy and I haven’t seen my grandchild for 35.72 hours”; “HELLO ANDY!!!!”. Because last night I went to – Read More-
Lila Sophia was born last Saturday morning. Other than being April 1st I thought no significance to the timing. Natalie did, as she’d been struggling and suffering and bleeding and being surgically intervened with for the 2 days previous. But its not about her, women deliver babies all the time. How hard can it be? – Read More-
Do you like pizza? The ‘strict’ answer is ‘of course not, bodies a temple, blah, blah, excessive fat, unnecessary carbs, too much salt, blah, blah, foodie-blah’. But of course the real answer is ‘FUCK YEAH!!!’ But generally when you go out to eat its a question of ‘do you want to go for a nice, – Read More-
the omens were good. Lila was born and a mere 7 hours later Spurs won at Burnley. Obviously completely down to her. The very next day, yesterday, the day when, had she the power of speech, she could actually say: ‘do you think I was born yesterday??’, that very day Arsenal and Man City drew – Read More-
I’m new to this grandparenting lark. From what I’ve seen so far, its fantastic. I get to stare at the most gorgeous baby in the world, as long as I like. And I do like. She’s wonderful. Not that I’ve seen her with eyes open yet, but there’s time for these things. No rush. I – Read More-
So the biggest ‘worry’ at the moment is the plight of the ‘misplaced Europeans’. We have millions over here and thousands of our good, British, post-Brexit workers ply their trades and live their lives ‘over there’. The status of these people was suddenly, on the day after the referendum, put into question. ‘Can we chuck – Read More-
At 12.25 yesterday, GMT, Britain’s Dear Jean (French for John, innit) letter was submitted to the European Union. By 12.29 I was bored with fucking Brexit. I have no idea about the significance of that particular time. It was a totally ‘un-Kennedy’ moment. In that, no-one will ever remember what they were doing at 12.25 – Read More-
A judge on Monday gave a cricketer a suspended sentence ‘so he could pursue his professional career’ after his trial, rather than banging him up. For banging his wife up. With a cricket bat. Oh, and forcing her to drink bleach when she… because she… Well, it doesn’t really matter, does it? Forcing someone to – Read More-
This looks like Stephen Hawking, the world’s most brilliant man, giving a lecture. Or possibly floating in space among the stars, but that would be cruel, even if rather appropriate. But its not. Its a hologram in Hong Kong. Whilst the Prof was at home in Cambridge. And seeing as hopping on Easyjet is a – Read More-
Mauricio Pochettino, the holiest of holies, the manager of Tottenham Hotspur football club, the man who WALKS ON WATER, who has taken a rag-bag group of bad buys, poor attitudes and abject appallingness and turned it into a wonder-team of togetherness and passionate artistry, the best man in the whole country… was seen in a – Read More-