‘Twas a grim day in the Fact Haushalt. Okay, it wasn’t that grim - or at least not that much grimmer than usual – there was however a problem, the kitchen tap was broken and needed repairing/replacing. Not much of a problem in and of itself, it was the constant nagging that the kitchen tap […]
It’s not easy being a bloke. I’m sure that if you drew a Venn diagram of ‘blokes’, it might contain overlaps between ‘football hooligans’, ‘people who for all intents and purposes were educated in the Edwardian era.’ and people residing at Her Majesties Pleasure.
I’m in the second of that group, mostly because being a football […]
I’ve nicked this photo from Bigmouth Strikes Again’s comments. (Sorry - I had to download the photo, my Wordpress wasn’t happy with linking to imageshack - and I’m not sure to whom I should give due credit).
Someone please tell me it’s not real, or at the very least just an advert aboout visiting The Orwell […]
On being Tony Blair’s director of government relations…..:
I hadn’t really any intention of joining the Labour Party, I just fell in with the wrong crowd.
Yes, yes I only just spotted it, even though it’s from Saturday’s Guardian. But it is on page 14. And I’m a slow reader…..
Song playing as this was published: Dar Williams […]
Over at the England Project, John has realised he’s a Scorched Earth blogger. It’s a grouping of people who’ve had enough of politicians who excel at being, well, politicians.
I don’t really write enough about politics to be a political blogger, but if you’re of that persuasion, go over there and give it a look.
I’ve tried […]
Remember how once I might, possibly, indirectly, have inadvertently given the impression that Virgin Railways were really, really great in comparison with Deutsche Bahn? Let me just clarify my position on that one….
Of all the rail companies in Britain, Virgin used to be the absolute worst. Calling them shit would have been insulting to […]
