The Royal Society, the very old, venerated, distinguished and revered, scientific ‘national treasure’ (but literally so), has a new president. And, (shock warning, stay seated and find your ‘happy place’ before reading on), it is… a man! Why is it a shock? Because in all its years, dating all the way back to 1660, they’ve – Read More-
In 1970 Wishbone Ash arrived on the scene. A new rock band. Different. They had two lead guitarists. Who played at the same time. Sometimes simultaneously. Often almost battling. They sounded different to other bands. So we ‘adopted’ them. Chose them as the leaders of our air guitar play. Like a lot of rock bands – Read More-
A terrible thing has happened. An Israeli tank, escaping from Hezbollah anti-tank missiles, reversed through the gates of a UN compound in Southern Lebanon. Causing damage estimated at in excess of £34.82. And obviously resulting in stress to many of the staff, now being treated for PTSD in accordance with UN regulation 22539. Which stipulates – Read More-
It is with a heavy heart that I report the untimely death of Alex Salmond. The politician, statesman, orator, former first minster of all of Scotland, party leader, divisive separatist evangelical, rapist, sexual tormentor and friend of Nicola Sturgeon. He never made inappropriate advances to Nicola. But who the hell would? So the courts found – Read More-
If a day is a long time in politics,3 days is fucking massive in not hearing from me. I’ve been busy. Couldn’t spare the time to write. Better things to do with my life. And thanks for all the messages of concern, ensuring I’m still alive, in decent health and all those other things you’re – Read More-
It’s October 7th. The anniversary of the day the world changed. My world changed. To ‘celebrate’ a hundred hostages still in captivity in Gaza. Probably. They could be anywhere. They could be dead. So today all the papers are leading with the ‘troubles’ in the Middle East. Where will they end? Can ‘diplomacy save us’? – Read More-
Thursday was the Jewish New Year. We’re now in 5875. Because we started counting the days as soon as Babylon fell. Possibly when Moses brought the tablets down the mountain and said: ‘thanks, God, I’ll see ya next year’. So he needed to know when that year was up. Ok, he needed to know what – Read More-
Kier Starmer is paying back 6 grand of his donation money, the cash which bought him Taylor Swift tickets, Arsenal hospitality suites and his wife’s stylist. The rest of the money, for his clothes and glasses, he’s keeping. Possibly because it failed to make him look any better. Possibly not. He just felt he needed – Read More-
Ok, so we’re back in the Middle East. Standing right by the Lebanese border. With our boots on… the ground. And we’re in them. Because we’re going to invade. So we need good footwear. An army ‘marches on its stomach’ but definitely needs comfortable feet. Especially when… escalating!!!! I read the news, listen to the – Read More-
Winning isn’t everything, as they say. But losing isn’t anything. So its a fitting time for me to once again talk about football, embrace every sports page, every moronic, dickhead pundit, even Alan Shearer!!!, and wallow in the reflected glory of my football team. There’ll be no automatic deleting of Match of the Day 2 – Read More-