We went on a walking tour. Of Jaffa. Where they don’t got no oranges, cos its so small and compact and squashed together that there’s just no room to grow their most famous product. But Jaffa can trace its history back 4,500 years, which is a bit special, and is mentioned not once but twice – Read More-
So what do you do in Tel Aviv when its not just raining but when there’s a full-on, biblically proportioned storm of rain, wind, thunder and God seems somewhat displeased that we’ve left the prayerful environs of Jerusalem to enter the more Sodom and Gomorrah play-zone that is Tel Aviv? So what do you do? – Read More-
So we started in the Galilee, an auspicious start because we missed a turn and overshot by not much more than 50kms or thereabouts, not tooooo bad. And then the tour moved down to Jerusalem. So we could continue to hassle the Canadians because they don’t deserve peace on this world. They need to be – Read More-
When we drove down to Jerusalem from the Sea of Galilee, you’re basically following the River Jordan all the way down. And thus the Jordanian border. Which is fine. I been to Jordan, its all cool. But then you realise that if Jordan’s on your right, that funny kind’a checkpoint thingy that you just kind’a – Read More-
Do you know what a barmitzvah is? Yeah, its a kind of ‘confirmation’, its a religious ceremony, its the passage of a ‘boy’ to a ‘man’ in the eyes of whatever God you happen to believe in. And as barmitzvah’s are fairly exclusive to Jewish people, that’s ‘our’ God which counts here. And as a – Read More-
Israel is a country of truly biblical proportions. Big it ain’t, but its biblical qualifications are unquestionable. The price it pays for being the source of all the world’s religions is that they all in turn want it. But I’m not talking about politics. I’m talking about Jesus. Because he was born here. He lived – Read More-
So what do you do when all your plans turn to shit? When it all goes ‘tits up’? When the ceiling collapses, your dominoes fall, Armageddon rises, Golgotha falls, the chips are up and the chips are down? WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU DO??? In particular and specifically; how does the Labour Party recover from – Read More-
So I got to the tube station, on my bike, as usual, and as I was securing it with seven chains, four ‘d-locks’, electrifying the saddle, razor wire round the handlebars and putting the armed guard in place, I heard a train come in. My train. I ran down the corridor, flew up the stairs – Read More-
I read the newspaper every day. Its a habit. Like smoking. Feels nice at the time but there’s no benefit in it long term. I read it ‘in paper’ format. Because computers cause cancer. Blindness. Brain damage. Sterility. Heart failure. The radiation from your screen can turn you into a zombie (that bit’s true), into – Read More-
Now I’m excited about football again. Now its getting a bit more ‘real’ out there. In the trenches. At the front line. Now the season’s well past its ‘start’, which lasts for at least 3 months, though I can’t work out why, then suddenly, WE’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON!!!! So now the points – Read More-