See, its not just me who is plagued by typos. This poor young chap (yob if you will) if now condemned to walk the streets drinking alcohol. The subtle difference between the word “with” and “without” makes or breaks this court[…]

I have seen the film. And I still cannot understand the ways in which Herbie is actually fully loaded. VW Bugs are small, but to load them fully you want the trunk full up and a couple of kids in the back. Whilst Lindsay Lohan seems to be smuggling a[…]

NASA only had so much time to play with. Yes there were problems with the Space Shuttle Discovery, and they had to make sure everything was safe. On the other hand, Commander Eileen Collins had run out of hair relaxant and the rest of the crew were w[…]

The Booker Prize Long List.
Includes a book which has not been published yet (by Zadie Smith), a few entries from previous winners and this years token folk act: Marina Lewycka – A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian.
Marina must be pleased […]

Says the irradiated mammals were plenty of fun to look at, but if that beach ball of uranium were to bounce over the cage, or one of the seals played the wrong tune on its horn, a disaster might occur.
Actually, they don’t say that at all. This[…]

Or can you? Starting this week was a new series of Roobarb.
The original series was in 1975. Very few programmes have waited 30 years to get a new one. This is not a new idea of course, bringing back a favourite of yesteryear chimes nicely for nostal[…]

You can tell Australia are toying with us. Cricket-wise that is. I am not saying they let us win the second test, that is not in their nature. Nevertheless the nature of that win has not got them running scared. How can I tell that the wind has not b[…]

La Porchetta is shut. This has caused a massive upset to a FT writer, so much so that he almost lost his job over it (okay, it is more complex than that, but off the point.) The point is, why are they shut? A similar crisis occurred last year when ke[…]

Except for the woman who made it to 122, but is dead now. Even the Dutch supercentenarian who is the current world’s oldest person is five years off Sean William Scott’s life expectancy of around 120? Why do I make this claim about the ac[…]

Continuing today’s Johnny Depp festival, I watched The Ninth Gate the other day. Considered at its time as the fading of a once impressive director, Polanski then went on and won an Oscar with his next film. Which may give us pause to re-evalua[…]