Piddington. Sleepy little Oxfordshire town. Population 358. Notice; there’s no ambiguity, no vagary, nothing in doubt. When old Mr Barclay eventually dies, it’ll be 357 and when young Mary-Ellen gives birth in February it’ll either go back to 358 or temporarily reach 359!!! until Barclay gives up the fight. They’re almost tempted to revise the – Read More-
LONG LIVE THE KING!!! That’s what happens when a king dies. At the moment of his death his heir becomes king. The events are simultaneous. Could be a Queen. Whatever. And here pictured are today’s and yesterday’s Times front pages. The Rapist is dead!!! and, Long live the rapist!! Almost simultaneously, as we banged up – Read More-
Let’s start with a simple, gentle, delicate question. Wossa most expensive shag you ever ‘ad??? I’m sorry but sometimes life comes down to basics. And we’re all so intrigued by Jensen Huang’s little ‘affair’ with pretty little Chinese spy, Alice Huang, (no relation, not yet). In part because Nvidia’s share price fell yesterday by 360 – Read More-
This football season is, so far, quite amazing and amazingly unpredictable. Other than Arsenal, obviously. Who are woefully predictable. But this isn’t about them; this is about ‘real’ football, at the nitty-gritty end. And the bit where one win elevates you from relegation zone to 10th. The bit that ‘neutrals’ find fascinating, and those involved – Read More-
Lisa Nandy, the Secretary of State for… well, playing with your phone, celebs and footballers, was today’s guest on Laura Kuensberg, the BBC’s chief political attack-dog and Scottish pit-bull, because once her teeth are sunk in, she never lets go. They were discussing Brexit and the re-uniting with Europe, to some extent or other. And – Read More-
Russel Brand has arguably hit the jackpot. As someone who simply ‘can’t get enough sex’ and who obviously believes in the sanctity of rape and has no concept nor interest in any form of ‘consent’, prison may prove to be a manifestation of his Utopian dream. Sort of. However, the problem of ‘rape’ is always – Read More-
Donald J. Trump has done what any president would do when faced with an immense and politically catastrophic ‘slap in the face’ (more like a knee in the groin, really) received at the polls. He called a press conference and, with all humility, spent an hour talking about the steel girders holding up the 50 – Read More-
The rest of that sentence, ‘green shoots…’ is no longer, ‘…of spring’. It has been replaced with ‘… itself in both feet’. Andy Burnham, let’s face it, himself no big friend of Israel, of Zionists, even Jews (ok, nothing ‘direct’ but inclusion in any of the anti-Israel ‘wave’ is an attack on Jews to a – Read More-
We went to the seaside. Had a day trip. On the train. Sandcastles. Paddling in the sub-zero waters where the English Channel meets the North Sea. So really it was a sort of ‘metaphorical paddling’ done from a distance of at least 50 metres from the water. Less chance of hypothermia and frostbite. Because that’s – Read More-
You see, my problem has always been that I suffer with extreme beauty. Something of a curse, generally, with all those women falling at my feet, it makes walking to the station very slow. But I live with it. Whereas poor Russell Brand is an ugly man who thinks he’s beautiful. And that creates a – Read More-