A fine piece of advice there from young Kelly. Frankly even in this day of online ordination it would be hard pushed to find a church that would accept Ozzy Osbourne as congregation let alone a lay preacher. And even if he did obtain a certificate fr[…]

Oh, cherry blossom. If you believe a certain kind of Japanese movie (and trust me, Gohatto is one of that certain kind of Japanese movie) then cherry blossom is in bloom for about 90% of the year. Considering how much said cherry blossom is also expe[…]

punk rock musician in well-deserved pokey!!
sending clash songlyrics to “wrong person” = clear case of harassment!!![…]

First Division Play-Off Blues
I think it must have been about 40 seconds into the first game of the season when I realised West Ham wouldn’t get automatic promotion. Preston North End looped a hopeful ball into the area, Dailly fell comically o[…]

Biff! Pow! Computer Games Grow Up!
No, wait, that’s every news article about comic books ever. Computer games don’t usually fare much better, despite a higher profile in real life – compare the number GAME bags around town with thos[…]

Pre-stained black T-shirt, sir? This week’s Marketing news is that clothing brand Diesel are teaming up with 2000AD to offer “a science-fiction range of casual clothing”. Imagining what this might actually involve baffles me, but a […]

“You could be up to one size slimmer” claims a new ‘body modelling’ product on a poster ad. Hmmm. The key words are “up to” – since dresses, unlike shoes, don’t traffic in half-sizes then the ad is esse[…]

Introductions
One of the nuisances with novels is the introduction which gives the plot away. The dictionary definition states an introduction to be “That part of a book or discourse which introduces or leads the way to the main subject.”[…]

Fortnum And Mason is one of the great and holy places of High Englishness, particularly since Harrods turned vulgar. Its fourth floor tea rooms are as elegant as one would expect, decorated with Constables and Henry Scott Tukes; your ’20 gets y[…]

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