Ever read any Harlen Coban? American writer. Thrillers. Well, he writes really cool, twisty, never-guess-the-who/what/why books, like Tell No-one, which was made into a French film many years ago, and he writes the Myron Bolitar series (his world is just full of bizarrely named people) about a detective, albeit a rather unusual one. I’ve read – Read More-
Will there ever be another? Almost impossible to believe so. Taken from us in his prime, after decades of loyal service and reaching almost god-like status to his legion of devoted followers, its over. That shining career, that charm, wit, poise and all that talent and the incredible love of his many, many fans. All – Read More-
Its not a reference to the travelling cricket fans, currently in South Africa, but a minor reminiscence about the old tv show ‘Dad’s Army’ which graced our screens back in the 70s and has just been given the tribute of a full length movie, released very soon. Dad’s Army was the nickname given to the – Read More-
I keep thinking about the Google thing. The tax avoidance. They cynical use of Euro rules and regulations to pass intellectual property (cos they don’t own or sell anything physical) through to Ireland for tax purposes, even though my clicking takes place in London rather than Dublin. And as much as I think about it, – Read More-
If you google ‘google’, it comes up with ‘tax evading bastard billionaire world dominating monopolist scum with no social conscience or sense of civic responsibility’. Well it should do. If it was honest. But Google’s not honest. And that’s the problem. What we should do in light of ‘tax-gate’ in which the tech-giant has condescended – Read More-
Well, not so much ‘life on hold’ as ‘blog on hold’. I’ve just run out of things to say. There’s nothing interesting happening in the world. No-one’s died for 4 days now. Syria’s at peace. The refugee crisis is over. The feminists are happy now. The anti-feminists have been told by the feminists that they’re – Read More-
I was just wondering whether there was, at Emirates Stadium yesterday, a more unpopular man anywhere in the world than Cesc Fabregas? Arsenal fans hate him because he left them. Chelsea fans hate him because they think him at least partly responsible for the Morinho fiasco earlier in the term. So I make that 60,072 – Read More-
Sometimes we overthink stuff. In fact, when it comes to football, we always overthink, overanalyse, over everything. Manchester United haven’t scored a first half goal in their last 11 home games. And that hasn’t happened since… ever. Or, since before they started counting every kick, every tackle, every stumble, every everything. We know how many – Read More-
I like to think I cover the entire political spectrum in my personal life. I’m a socialist. Always have been, always will be. So I vote conservative. My values are truly, always, only liberal (small ‘l’) but could never ever vote Liberal (big ‘L’) because they’re hapless tossers and useless anti-semites. I’m a dictator at – Read More-
Have you ever bought any Polonium-210? Do they have it in Sainsburys? Will Ocado deliver it? Amazon, maybe?? No. Generally radioactive substances are not in common circulation. For fairly obvious reasons. And, like all radioactive stuff, they don’t exactly grow on trees. They have to be made. Created in labs. Polonium can in fact be – Read More-