Looking for CDs in all the wrong (but mostly right) places — the first time I visited the UK I actually didn’t spend much time in London itself, instead I was in Oxford, Glasgow and somewhere in Devon, which actually created a nice if lim[…]

The logic of Boots Meal Deal
The Meal Deal costs ‘2.49. You get a sandwich, a drink and a snack. You would expect naturally that you would be saving money with this combined purchase. Nevertheless with some of the sandwiches in the deal costing[…]

Eight man coxed rowing: Okay, I had an interest in this. Not that I was interested, but this is the only competitive sport I have ever represented anything at. I coxed at University (a perfect position for someone who likes shouting at sportsmen and […]

VANISHING LONDON: The Plaza Cinema, Lower Regents Street
I liked the Plaza, it was a cheap and cheerful, and like its equally disappeared neighbour, Tower Records, seemed proud of the fact. Actually the Plaza, much like Tower records, wasn’t re[…]

I took my first painkiller in over ten years last night. The rumours of my unbreakablility it seems have been exaggerated. I always assumed that it was a temporary state of luck and would end soon after I hit thirty. Well I go eleven months grace on […]

Terry And June: a long-cherished memory of mine is the episode of Terry And June in which Terry is playing golf with his boss and hits a shot which lands in the back of a lorry bound for France. HOWEVER I have no idea if this seminal TV moment, in so[…]

Phil Ball is indulging himself. First was Morbo, a terrific book on Spanish football, then he narrowed his focus to Real Madrid with White Storm (indulgence levels up a notch) now, he’s narrowed it further still.
Good writer, needs new topic.[…]

On the way in to see Control Room at the ICA, there was a photocopied sign which told me that I would also be able to see the documentary on BBC2 on Saturday 21st August. This was ten days ago so I think I might have been able to hold my fire to save[…]

An Involuntary Twitch while listening to 187 Lockdown’s “Gunman” reminded me of how I used to connect with dance music physically. Not in dancing, even, but the way the beats showed you how to walk, gave you poise, a deportment cour[…]

More crazy goings on from near the bottom end of English professional football… this time Chester City give their account of the departure of their manager, former England centre half Mark Wright.
I’ve never been a fan of Mark Wright: he[…]