The UFO in the Top Corner
When I was living down in London in the early 1990s, I came across a billboard advertisement in Croydon for the Australian lager, Castlemaine XXXX. The company was running both [...]
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10, 2021
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10, 2021
Chaos Theory Redux
Wikipedia (never the most reliable of reference points, I grant you) refers to 'Chaos Theory' as 'an interdisciplinary theory and branch of mathematics focusing on the study of chaos: dynamical [...]
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09, 2021
The Mantel of Hypocrisy
Yesterday, approximately 1,000 illegal migrants crossed the English Channel from northern France. Given the staggering numbers we've seen over the past two years, we now live in a country where [...]
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08, 2021
A Less-than-Ordinary Joe
If I had been given a pound for every time one of Britain's 'progressive Left' lampooned, excoriated or derided former US President Donald Trump, I would have a small fortune [...]
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08, 2021
Papa Don’t Preach
I think it's safe to conclude Boris Johnson impregnates women with the same rapidity as 18th and 19th century British admirals fired off cannonballs at enemy ships. So Carrie is [...]
21
07, 2021
A Conversation? Or an Echo Chamber?
I want to talk about racism. It seems we all do after the appalling abuse Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho, and Bukayo Saka were subjected to by faceless trolls on social [...]
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07, 2021
Battles in Batley
I woke up on Friday morning a very angry and disillusioned man. After retiring to bed Thursday night thinking the Conservatives were about to bag another Labour seat, I rose [...]
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06, 2021
Leo the Foolish
Mark Twain always said there were two inevitabilities in life - death and taxes. I have two more: The guarantee of the sun setting every day and the ability of [...]
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06, 2021
Devolution – All Maxed Out
Coming home from Torquay last Sunday, my mate and I did a detour to explore Cardiff. I haven't been to the city since the 1980s and was keen to see [...]
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06, 2021
The Societies Within
Bradford is just a place I work in, albeit in its outermost suburbs. Unless I am in the city for work-related issues, it's a place I never visit. The reasons [...]