We decided to find the place in the whole of England which has, on this weekend, the worst weather. Its called Suffolk. And its very nice, a bit agricultural, very pretty, full of quaint little towns which, to fully appreciate, you actually have to get out of the car. But only for a minute, then – Read More-
They jailed 2 eco-warriors for 3 years. Their crime? Peaceful protest. In a nation which prides itself on its pillars of democracy, including freedom of speech and peaceful protest. The guys were members of ‘Just Stop Oil’ and nailed themselves to Battersea Bridge, or maybe superglued their buttocks to exit 23 on the M25 or – Read More-
What do we not like about Elon Musk? He’s South African. He’s richer than God. He’s really rude, obnoxious and arrogant. He sacked all those Twitters by email. He dates loads of lovely women. Then marries them. Or really, he marries the same woman loads of times. Same difference. He’s South African. What do we – Read More-
We need to talk about Scotland. I’ve avoided it out of my love for that amazingly beautiful nation, the total majesty of which I toast every night with a symbolic sampling of its finest product. But when the former First Minister’s husband gets arrested, their house gets impounded and the caterers set up a marquee – Read More-
I embrace ‘new technology’. Normally, once it has had a chance to ‘mature’ a little and become fairly ‘old technology’. I’m scared of new shit, basically. Find it opaque, hostile and nasty. I was the last person in the world to use an app in any meaningful way. I only downloaded WhatsApp because of pressure – Read More-
Rishi Sunak wants every adult to be ‘numerate’. To have maths skills. And I completely agree. But to what level does he wish us to achieve? Addin’? Minus-in’? Multiplyin’??? Diviiiiidin’??? That’s really hard shit. I get that if you want to be a decent darts player you need both adding AND subtraction skills to a – Read More-
If I was an American, from San Francisco, say, and a massive 49ers fan, but I then had to move to Boston for work/family/affair-with-a-Kennedy/whatever, I’d spend every Sunday thereafter as a fan of the Patriots. All the claret-and-gold shit, the caps, shirts, flags, would be ceremoniously or metaphorically burned and in would come the New – Read More-
So I was mowing my lawn, as ya do… well, as I do, you don’t cos you’re an old bourgeoise capitalist, probably Brexiteer, who wouldn’t get his hands dirty. Well I love dirty hands. Always have. Anyway, as I was filling up the mower I thought: I now spend more money on petrol for the – Read More-
We’re going out looking for life. Its out there somewhere. Not here, on Earth, that’s all doom and depression and gloom and Arsenal top of the league. We’re looking for life… elsewhere!!! To be precise, on the moons of Jupiter. Well, why not? Gotta start somewhere. So we are going, and that’s proper, European ‘we’, – Read More-
We went to Northampton yesterday. As ya do. Well, there’s an amazing play centre there, the likes of which don’t exist down in high rent land as you need acres of space for laser-quest and dodgem cars for kids and climbing walls and indoor mini-golf and all the other wonders that little kids lurve. We – Read More-