I’ve always liked Peter Mandelson. He was always the cleverest man in the room. Whether that was a room in 10 Downing Street with Tony Blair or Gordon Brown or in a pub full of poofs in Old Compton Street. Always clever, dry, funny and… clever. So clever, it transpires, that back in the noughties – Read More-
We’re currently car shopping. Its my favourite type of shopping by miles. I love cars and as all showrooms have really good coffee machines, biscuits even!!!, what’s not to like? Mel’s ‘lectric car goes back in March. We leased it because then the government paid for it, virtually in full. And its been wonderful. Except – Read More-
There are times when being a football fan defies all logic, all sensibility, any kind of decency. Times when your passions and your personal goals conflict in ways that defy any type of sane consideration. Last night, as I was watching the absolutely fantastic match between Chelsea and West Ham, this problem raised its somewhat – Read More-
There’s a new movie coming out. On Amazon Prime. Jeff Bezos made it. It’s called ‘Andy’ and it’s the story of my life, told in ‘fly on the wall’ style, with particular relevance to the two terms of Donald Trump’s presidencies. Jeff paid me $40 million for this. And has put aside another 40 mil – Read More-
A few weeks ago we went round to friends for dinner. They’ve just moved, from ‘round the corner’ (where everyone should live) to… Hadley Wood!!! Holy shit! Where is that, FFS? Well, turns out, according to Waze, it’s 5.8 miles away. You could walk it in an hour and a half. I couldn’t, and didn’t – Read More-
This is the table showing the standings as we prepare to play the final match of the league phase of the Champions League tonight. Which is so important to me that I’m going out for dinner. Not my idea, but faced with ‘free dinner vs despair’, it was a hard choice. What’s interesting is that – Read More-
I was an abused child. No-one knew. It looked like the perfect, happy, loving household and yet… and yet… There was fucking sugar, everywhere!!! The worst, most harmful, addictive, nasty… DRUG!!!! on the planet. And my parents simply couldn’t get enough of it, and virtually ‘forced’ it on me and my brother. As you generally – Read More-
Oh. My. God. 2 days has passed since I last… passed judgment on the world? Spouted a load of unwanted opinion? Had a rant? Whatever you call it. But in those 2 days the whole world has fundamentally changed. DON’T I GET A MOMENT’S PEACE??? FFS??? Donald Trump, on Thursday, basically called every English soldier – Read More-
So the original ‘Board of Peace’ was going to be me, Donald Trump, Rubio, Tony Blair and one or two ‘make weights’, just because we over-ordered chairs. Then Donald invited Vladimir Putin to join. They don’t do irony in America, obviously and famously, otherwise we’d all be in hysterics over having the greatest war-monger on – Read More-
Every time Spurs win a football match I like to let people know. Most aren’t interested. Understandable. But the boys in my morning cafe are big football fans. Even though they’re Spanish and that’s a nation that thinks to run a first class football league you only really need 2 teams. They’ve been here long – Read More-