The Millau Bridge
Winner of the “Build the biggest fucking bridge you can” competition. Really, the only response to this thing is: “Fuck me, but that’s enormous”
Unfortunately the bridge’s own site, http://www.via[…]

I’m Dreaming Of An Office Christmas Vol. 2
This CD is significantly less likely to be played as it pushes the boat of quality somewhat further out. It will still get a spin round my place, though.
1. EDDY ARNOLD – “I’m Your Pr[…]

THE BEST BASKETBALL TEAM IN THE WORLD
Bill Cosby
Henry Kissinger
Bob Hope
Whoopi Goldberg
Nelson Mandela
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Pope John Paul II
After a half heard radio report this morning that today was the fourth anniversary of Pope John Paull II b[…]

From the front line: you probably won’t notice the cuts in the Arts Council budget, and the furore over them masks the fact that ‘the arts’ are, not to put too fine a point on it, fucked, whatever the measly sum given them by New La[…]

THE DADDINO FAMILY TREASURY OF CHRISTMASES PAST
Christmas Eve 1976

L-R: Santa Claus, me, Tommy, Bobby
The Young Kurt Cobain Chronicles, Part 27:’wherein our rock-star-to-be thanks Santa for bringing the Beatles into his miserable little life.
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This is one of Taschen’s wonderful art books – I think they are sometimes disdained because of their mass market production and remainder shop appearances, but they are superb books, always with very high quality text and imagery – […]

Ostentatious Displays of Christmas-ness- An Observation.
Whilst walking home from work, I was taken by the number of houses that had their Christmas trees facing out from the front room window, so that all who could walk by could see. Is there some s[…]

Cor Blimey
So, I was watching popular teen soap Hollyoaks this evening, two of the regular characters were talking about something or another (I think it involved making a sheep costume for a navity play) in the newsagent, when I noticed…someon[…]

Grinch Alert
Last year, following the travesty of Gary Jules, there was much in-pub joshery about how miserable piano-led covers would be the HOT NEW THING. Ha ha, we smugly thought, it will never ACTUALLY happen. But here on Radio 1 is Chris Martin […]

Light Fantastic by Simon Schaffer [BBC4] wednesday nights
I should be nice about the presenter of this show (and can at least spell his name correctly unlike many print listings I’ve seen) as he was one of the teacher’s at the department […]