Don’t you know your left from your right? | Review | The Observer This is an extract from Nick Cohen’s new book, and is an exemplary demolition of the bizarre position some leftists have got themselves into: anti-war, but apologists for random suicide bombings. The tortuous logic adopted by such people is pernicious, and led… Continue reading Don’t you know your left from your right?
…like me, in this report:Spice Healer
The New Yorker reviews a history of vegetarianism. Lots to get your teeth into…
The novel by Elizabeth Gaskell used the North-South divide as its central conceit. Here’s a modern take on the phenomenon, now exacerbated by the metropolitan bias of the media. Somehow, you feel those BBC types wouldn’t be quite so discombobulated if their putative move was to, say, Brighton rather than Salford…
Well, this did give me a warm glow, speaking as a vegetarian of 42 years’ standing…
This is shameful. See here for an idea of how far we have allowed a noble notion to slip.
This dilemma was recently faced by me and ‘er indoors. Our solution appears as a comment way down the page. This marks a huge advance for us, as about ten years ago when we decided we were really really going to get rid of some books, we managed about three nominees between us in about… Continue reading Book Cull
I thought this was a spoof at first – but, incredibly, it isn’t. Can we just nuke Macdonald’s, please? Maybe the Earl of Sandwich can press the button…
Before I get to Bob, and I don’t actually loathe him per se, let me put my cards on the table. The Private Eye headline when John Peel died – “Man who played records on the wireless dies: a nation mourns” did strike a chord with me. I liked Peel, but couldn’t see why he… Continue reading Little things I loathe No. 4: Bob Harris
This is an easy target, I know, but I just can’t resist: Health and Safety. At my place of work, we recently had installed, at great expense, and over a long period of time, special fire safety doors to stop the spread of the fires which, of course, regularly break out… These doors are situated… Continue reading Shooting Fish in a Barrel