36 years ago today Mel took me to be her lawfully wedded liability. To have and to handcuff, in replacement surgery and in health, for poorer or more poorer, in sanity and insanity, from that day forth, etc, etc, etc. And here we are. This is what she looks like today. Barely a day older – Read More-
I want to talk shoes. I know, its not one of my normal obsessions, passions nor moans. Shoes are just… shoes. Sorry, Imelda, and sorry, Mel, I’ve never bought into that particular obsession. Until… the sandal scandal of 2021!! I was in Greece, by a pool, wearing flip-flops. No problem. Walked round to the supermarket – Read More-
The late, great Alan Coren wrote a book, about nothing in particular. He asked his publishers what to call it and about the cover. As we know, everyone judges books by their covers. The publishers told him that the best selling books are always about cats or golf or nazis. So he called his book – Read More-
It’s my birthday next week. And a highly significant one. Not in mere numeric terms where we obsess about numbers with a zero at the end or possibly a 5, but more in statutory terms. I’m to be 66. The birthday marking the becoming of two thirds of a devil. I am the Anti-Chr- And – Read More-
A win’s a win, right? In football you can ‘win dirty’, you can ‘win ugly’, you can do it any way you can, because then, to the victor the spoils. 3 points, job done, move on to the next match. Politics is different. I know that’s a shocker, but it is. Football is about fighting – Read More-
There’s a tube strike today. Possibly run a bit over to tomorrow, so the Unions can get maximum disruption from minimal loss of income. Shrewd. And we, the commuters, the would-be travellers, the poor working masses of London, become just pawns in the ludicrous power struggle between Transport for London and the unions. And the – Read More-
Let me tell you about Larry. He’s our martial arts leader, guru, god (small ‘g’… very small) and Grand Master. He was a black belt before he could walk. He had his 5th dan before his barmitzvah (only Rabbi Shlomo ben Zvi ever achieved higher, in 1846), is an expert in Tai Chi, karate, jujitsu, – Read More-
Her majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Second is 70 years old TODAY!!!! Oh, actually she’s not, she’s well over a hundred, depending on which of the many ‘birthdays’ royals have, you choose. Buckingham Palace is 70 years old TODAY!!! No, its much older, built when the Romans were here, which you can tell because The Mall – Read More-
Exercise is good for you. Can’t play football? Don’t like tennis?? Running jars the knees, back, hips, groin…??? Then swim. Mel does it, she loves it. And although I’m loathe to admit it, she’s very good at it. Hardly ever drowns. So people say to her ‘oh, you must try open-water swimming’, or ‘well go – Read More-
I’m back. On the tennis court. Where I belong. Where I can’t do much damage. Other than to myself, obvs. Because its happened. Precisely 3 months and 3 days after having my shoulder replaced with a shiny (literally) new one, I was back on court. Fitter, faster, keener and about 3 months and 3 days – Read More-