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March 16, 2015
The saga of the second kitchen
Once upon a time in Laa-Laa Land, there was a man who would be King. Young Edward so wanted people to like him and put him on throne. One day Edward hit upon a cunning wheeze. He would invite ye olde television cameras into his home. Then everyone in the land would see what an…
March 15, 2015
Goodnight and God Bless.
Originally posted on M T McGuire Authorholic:
A story broke, today, about a new cure for alzheimer’s. It seems the damage can be reversed using ultrasound. It makes the loss Sir Terry Pratchett yesterday, to the same disease, all the more poignant. Yet I suspect he, of all people, would have appreciated the tragic irony…
A story broke, today, about a new cure for alzheimer’s. It seems the damage can be reversed using ultrasound. It makes the loss Sir Terry Pratchett yesterday, to the same disease, all the more poignant. Yet I suspect he, of all people, would have appreciated the tragic irony…
March 14, 2015
Jeremy Clarkson’s cleavage
Jeremy Clarkson is in trouble again. This time it isn’t casual racism. Or implying that all lorry drivers are murderers. Or damaging property. Or insulting anyone. Or committing the fashion disaster that is a 50+ year old man in jacket and jeans. This time it’s about a sandwich. Apparently, he arrived at a hotel at…
March 11, 2015
The state we are in…
My friend Jim wrote an interesting blog today about the farming industry and how we are not the men our grandfathers were. An excellent and thought provoking blog from Jim, as always. Jim argues that we claim to love the countryside and yet we spend very little looking after it or supporting��our farmers and other…
March 8, 2015
New and original
This packaging worries me. How can it possibly be both new and original at the same time? A song can be new and original. A book. A movie. But how the [expletive deleted] can a packet lasagne be new and original at the same time? It’s a lasagne, for [expletive deleted]’s sake. In a [expletive…
March 7, 2015
To debate or not to debate?
Right now the hot topic in British politics is whether the Prime Minister, David Cameron, should take part in a TV debate with the leader of the Opposition, Ed Milliband. Cameron wants a debate before the campaign starts but with all six political parties involved. Ed Milliband wants several debates during the campaign including a…
March 6, 2015
May contain fragments of shell
“Warning: may contain fragments of shell.” That’s what is says on the side of my carton of egg and bacon sandwich filler. Or as Mr Waitrose likes to call it: “essential Waitrose free range egg & bacon deli filler”. The front of��my pack sells a vision of pastoral loveliness: “Made with pork from British pigs,…
March 4, 2015
First novel blues
So you have written your first novel, eh? You are feeling pretty proud like a new father or mother cradling their first-born child. Your head is filled with the literary success stories ��� JK Rowling, Lee Child, Jeffrey Archer. In your imagination you have already chosen the colour for the leather interior of that Lamborghini…
February 22, 2015
The tao of tech
I don’t want to worry you, but ��� ��� a strange technological revolution has happened. None of us have noticed, even though it is happening right in front of our eyes. It is hiding in plain sight. Here are the clues. Yesterday my laptop’s Internet Explorer started to have a wobble. It kept crashing, which…
February 20, 2015
Bury my heart at twisted knee
A strange thing happened the other day. I had an unbearable pain in my left knee. It was so painful that this normally chemical-shy bloke was forced to take painkillers to try to get a decent night’s sleep. And when it carried on to the next day, I had to arrange a visit to the…
