While looking for something else entirely, I chanced upon a sort of online journal kept by one of my students. I’m not going to link to it, because I don’t want to send my minuscule audience there, so you’ll have to take my word about the contents. I like this student – he’s intelligent, original… Continue reading Doom and Gloom
According to Guido, the deputy prime minister’s affair with the fragrant Tracey isn’t the only one he’s had. Frankly, it matters little to me, or anyone else, apart from Mrs Prescott, who Prezza is bonking in one of his many houses. (Having said that, this has replaced the image of Major and Currie in the… Continue reading Cartman caught out
To Oxford, for a conference, by train. A fairly uneventful journey, but one enlivened by two people who sat across the aisle from me. When they got on, the man said to the woman “I’m sure I know you from somewhere”, which sounded like the ultimate cheesy chat-up line, until it emerged that they did… Continue reading Eavesdroppings
I blogged some time ago about the roadside floral tributes that seem to be everywhere now. The most elaborate one I’ve seen is now on view on my journey to work. It consists of one of those arrangements of flowers made to spell out words, as favoured by East End gangsters – DIAMOND GEEZER on… Continue reading Sadd by name…
This story beggars belief – or rather, it would, if it weren’t yet another example of topsyturvydom in our culture. Let’s see, now. What would I do if I had a chair that emitted farting noises when I sat on it? I’D GET ANOTHER BLEEDING CHAIR!!! This woman’s a deputy head – she could order… Continue reading Would you take this teacher seriously?
Amazon – doncha love ’em? I looked at my recommendations today and was startled to find this thing. They’d recommended it because I’d purchased this: Can you spot why?
The Observer | Travel | Me and my travels: George Galloway:Here’s George:“The best place I’ve been is… Iraq. It’s magical. I first visited in 1993. I fell in love with it, head over heels. It’s one of the few places I physically long for.” Well, I’m sure not many constituents in Bethnal and Bow will… Continue reading George in Love
Bush takes a swing at cricket in Pakistan – Yahoo! News UKIt’s bad enough trying to explain cricket to the average intelligent American…
OMB NEWS | UK | UK Politics | In Full: Tessa Jowell inquiry letter Of course, Owen Barder does it with his customary style.
BBC NEWS | UK | Tessa Jowell splits from husband Interesting that this has happened now. Am I just terminally cynical, or is this a case of a marriage being sacrificed for a ministerial career?