A Day At The Races.

I’m thinking about putting a few quid on The Grand National. Not that I’ll put it on myself, because I haven’t got the faintest idea how to bet on a horse, a dog, a pigeon or a hedgehog, but rather what I’ll do is decide on a horse based on absolutely no evidence that they’re […]

The Drop Zone Of Interest.

It is best to leave the big questions to the clever people. They can ask why we’re here and what life is for. They can try to find the answer to the questions of existence, death and everything in between. They can philosophize about religion, war and love until long after the cows have come […]

Sleep tight.

I’m tired. I’m tired of being told how much sleep I should be having. It makes me anxious and then I can’t sleep properly, and to be honest there are already enough obstacles that get lodged in between me and a solid nights sleep; none of them good, before you ask. Sadly, we live in […]

Another Year of The Usual Brit.

To be honest, by the time The Brits hove into view yesterday evening I was both very refreshed and not in the least bit fresh whatsoever. When The Brits were on a weekday evening, usually a Tuesday, or at least I think it was a Tuesday, one had to be careful as to the style […]

Merely An Oppenopinion.

In an effort to gather some sort of momentum and, shock horror, regularity, I’ve just had to half watch half of one of the worst films ever made, only to decide that what might seem dreadful on a Saturday morning can always seem better when held up against some of the half-baked rubbish we are […]

Not much of a choice.

Inspired (if that’s the best word) by the cover article in today’s Times Magazine. I haven’t actually read it. I don’t need to. It doesn’t matter. Who is the real Keir Starmer? Who is the real Keir Starmer? Who is the real Keir Starmer? Who is the real Keir Starmer? Who really cares? Who really […]

One Can Only Speculate.

Serves as an unplanned but fitting sequel to the last post. I’ve grown to quite like Charles as King. I can certainly see why he’s always thought very little of the media. Poor bugger, I hope he sticks around for a while longer. 24 hours on and this is still the big story……..and counting. You […]

Beyond The Royal Nipsy.

I’m glad that prostate cancer is finally getting some serious time in the sun. For far too long it’s been unfairly overshadowed by so many other cancers. As we all know the big daddy on the block for a long time was good old lung cancer. If you didn’t have lung cancer you just weren’t […]

Giving In To Liam.

For many years I have held Liam Gallagher up, or rather down, as one of the great boils on the nose of modern popular music. It wasn’t so much the voice as the attitude, the short earned swagger, the arrogance and the sheer thick-headedness of the man. It was a combination of characteristics that somehow […]

The Last Post.

When I was a boy you could trust the Royal Mail. When I was a boy the Post Office was something to be spoken about with hushed tones of affectionate reverence. Quite how they both managed to turn to rot with such resounding synchronicity is one of the more laughable mysteries of our time, but […]