If you’re going for a job interview in London, check the weather forecast for London, as opposed to, say, Buxton. That way you won’t find yourself at the interview in a 3-piece woolen suit as BBC London TV says; “and with brilliant, clear skies, temperatures reaching 32°C - that’s the low 90’s - in central […]
Sometime later on today it’s going to be safe for football fans to turn on the television. Admittedly not, as advertised, at 3 o’clock when there’ll presumably be lots of schoolchildren running around the pitch, releasing doves and sundry worthies talking about the game bringing the world family together and such nonsense. But at five, […]
(Agency) Mild controversy was raging at the editorial office of inactualfact last night after the department for lentil-eating, sandals and socialism called for the English flag to be banned from the website’s pages because, “of its strong links to right-wing extremism.”
“Nonsense”, the English Affairs spokesman is reported to have said, “whilst we’re proud to fly […]
Almost every year the Royal Mint produces a different design for the reverse of the pound coin. One of the first things I noticed when I returned this time was that one of the newer designs was for the Forth Rail Bridge, at least I think it was the Forth bridge – it was difficult […]
Maybe as another birthday has passed (which was entirely interest free, thank you very much Mr Anyhoo) it’s fitting that I’ve picked up a sports injury for which which a bit of googling has revealed the following description: “Achilles tendonitis is a common overuse injury that tends to occur in middle-age recreational athletes.”
Middle-aged!? The article […]
Pub Quizzes. Yes, yes, I know; they are the exclusive reserve of beardy, pipe-smoking men whose aged bodies can no longer cope with the rigours of real train-spotting. For the ex-pat however, they allow you to meet up with your fellow countrymen, do a little networking, prove that you were, in fact, paying attention to […]
