When Leicester City beat Chelsea on Monday night the end was indeed nigh for Jose. I spent the following three days checking the BBC website, refreshing the football section every couple of hours for the inevitable. Then yesterday, in between such refreshings I received ‘the news’ from Spurs Paul in a text. Jose gone. Nothing – Read More-
The latest Star Wars movie premiered in Hollywood yesterday. Everybody loves it. The force is strong. As it needs to be for Disney, who paid George Lucas $4billion for the rights to his franchise. They’ll probably sell $6billion worth of Stormtrooper models this Christmas. Another few bil on Millennium Falcons and other assorted Chinese plastic – Read More-
What do you call a Britton going up in a space rocket? You call him Tim Peake, and today he’s going up to the International Space Station for a 6-month sentence onboard. The first Brit to visit that station in its 15 year tenure ‘up there’ whizzing round the Earth at the impossible speed of – Read More-
I hate Spurs. I hate Newcastle. I certainly hate Arsenal. And I hate football. Football is the new religion. Its what people do on ‘the 7th day’. Though also on the 2nd, 3rd, often 4th, sometimes 5th (Europa) and rarely 6th. And the 1st. Sometimes. But groups of men (religion is always about men; women – Read More-
The thing about football is: you have to know your limitations. As in life. Eddie Howe, the Bournemouth manager is well aware of those of his team. So, being an astute and clever guy (heard him talk? he actually speaks English. In sentences wot is gramatical proper) he sets his team and tactics to minimise – Read More-
Two players scored hat tricks this week. Both foreigners playing for English clubs in European matches. That’s what I call ‘multiculturalism’. That and chicken tikka massala. The similarities continue. Both have been playing somewhat indifferently of late, and for most of the time before that too. Olivier Giroud is basically a French tosser. Everyone says – Read More-
I hate a dilemma. Everyone does. That’s why they’re called ‘dilemmas’ and not ‘wonderful things’ or ‘chocolate ice cream with sprinkles’. Came home from Tai Chi last night, energised, toughened and with my yin fully aligned with my yang. And a bit sweaty. Quick shower and on with the news. We love the news. And – Read More-
360,000 people signed a petition yesterday to keep Donald Trump out of Britain. Ban him. Unwanted. Hate figure spouting xenophobic rubbish. I think we should invite him to come over and do his hilarious stand-up routine at the Apollo. The man’s really really funny. Why deprive ourselves of that blond bird’s nest just because he’s – Read More-
Its true, British politicians can suffer from an overdose of subtlety. We do things gently. We like ‘softly-softly’ approaches to things. Some would say there’s a lot of beating around bushes. Not so in America. They do things bigger, better, certainly louder and when all else fails, gung-ho is the way to go. That could – Read More-
My problem is (well, one of my problems; a 3Gb computer is insufficient to list them all) that when I read books I engage with them. They become my reality. Same with movies. Which is why I love reading and film. Because they are the ultimate escape. Because when I put the book down or – Read More-