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Clarkson – The People’s Bully

If you were to meet Jeremy Clarkson in a pub and happened to challenge him on something like, let’s say for example, the Environment, his response would be to put his fingers in his ears and shout; “BLAH, BLAH…NOT LISTENING…NOT INTERESTED…GO AWAY YOU GUARDIAN READING, HOMOSEXUAL, VEGETARIAN, FOX LOVER!" His friends would guffaw at you as you shrunk in ...

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The Turgid and Miserable State of English Sport!

What is it with English team sport and its miserable, turgid, statistical obsession that leaves it lying in a pile of data sheets as the rest of the world enjoys major sporting events like the festival of entertainment they are supposed to be? For years, we have witnessed English football teams scrambling their way into major tournaments only to turn up with ...

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Pass the Dutchie on the Left Hand Side

When I occasionally drop Harry into college during the week, we make a compromise between Radio 4 (me) and Heart FM (him) and listen to Chris Evans on Radio 2. At just after 8:30 he (Chris Evans) does a thing where he plays an old song, followed by another and you are invited to have a guess as to whether the release of the latter song is a higher or lower ...

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Meet the Ukippers

One of the funniest, yet darkest things I have seen on TV for a while was the BBC 2 Documentary, ‘Meet the Ukippers’. Unlike the dreadful Channel 4 Mockumentary ‘Ukip: the First 100 Days’ (a sensationalist load of old drivel attempting to create what it would be like, with Nigel Farage in Number 10), this programme crew actually went and mixed with the ...

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What Does Normal Mean?

I went in to the Co-Op this morning to pick up a bottle of milk, when out of nowhere a lady at the back of the store caught my attention. “Ooh I’ve got a present for you” she said. Feeling rather perplexed, I followed her to the counter where she ducked under the shelving and emerged with a bag containing a packet of four toilet rolls and a tube of ...

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