Went to see the movie ‘Cold War’ on Saturday. It was that rarest of things; the recipient of glowing reviews which actually lived up to the praise. And even rarer, it was black’n’white, and rarest of all; Polish. And it really is a fantastic movie. Dark, depressing, but gripping and beautifully filmed. It starts in – Read More-
David Steele, sorry, Lord Steele, the former leader of the Liberal Democrats, made a speech. As the (many decades ago) leader of the anti-apartheid campaign, he knows precisely what the term means. And in his speech he drew the parallel with Israel as an apartheid state. And listed the atrocities, the ‘massacre of civilians’, the – Read More-
What’s the matter with ‘meat’? I’ll tell you. Its not wot’s writ on the tin, that’s wot. They tested a load of ‘meat’ and some of it was just plain ‘wrong’. Pork sausages containing chicken, beef burgers containing lamb, venison steaks filled with turkey and aardvark. All wrong. One in five was not as described. – Read More-
How do you envisage ‘the future’? Robots strutting around zapping people with inbuilt ‘phasers’ for parking on a yellow line? Moving pavements (just what’s needed for the obesity problem)? Invincible Cyborgs coming back from the future to settle old scores? Or some dark and sinister Blade Runner world with no joy to be had? I – Read More-
Doctor, I, errrr, I have… errrr… I have a little rash. And I do. Friday night I was itchy. In my groin. Odd. Had a look after my shower and found a red rash (would have preferred a blue one) on both sides of my groin. Itchy. Looked nasty. Googled it; its called ‘jock itch’ – Read More-
Let’s talk about sport. Not football. I’m not having anything to do with that at the moment, its just… gone off my radar. Horrible game. So instead let’s talk about ‘other sports’! Oooohhhh, there are loads, apparently. Not that many are that good or demand our attention but trust me, the world is full of – Read More-
Lila’s in Berlin. This is her at Heathrow yesterday morning. She has a passport. Bunny (the blue thing) doens’t. Could that be a problem? Now we’re leaving Europe and losing the whole ‘borderless’ thing? How do soft toys feature in the Brexit negotiations? At least she’s handing in her bread roll, which certainly doesn’t have – Read More-
There was a famous advert on tv for Mars bars, many decades back, which used the line: a Mars a day helps you work, rest and play. And it showed how this (still) wonderful treat gives you energy to work and play, whilst… really not sure where the ‘rest’ came in, but it rounds off – Read More-
I’ve just come back from nursery rhyme time at our little local library. Its free, its wonderful, its packed with little kids and Lila loves it. The downside is that I have nursery rhyme ear-worms for the rest of the week. Any mention of ‘ducks swimming one day’ or ‘monkeys jumping on beds’ or ‘catching – Read More-
Great British Bake Off is back on our screens. The new series. In which a dozen hapless amateurs make food which goes wrong. Compelling viewing. Wouldn’t want to miss a limp biscuit, a cake that’s gone flat, an undercooked pie. And its true. I wouldn’t want to miss it. Any of it. I want to – Read More-