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A Trip to See Micky Flanagan

We went to see Micky Flanagan last night at the 02. As far as big arenas go, I don’t mind the 02. However, time waits for no man and I do find it all rather exhausting going up to ‘the big smoke’ these days. Still, it didn’t tire me enough to not enjoy a gig that was simply, good fun comedy. Flanagan has a great knack of being laddishly funny without ...

The Right to Demonstrate

I was deeply disturbed by the attitude of some of my friends with regards demonstrations during the recent Royal jamboree of nonsensical pomp and ceremony. They didn’t seem to grasp the fact that arresting and detaining people without charge is an assault on their human rights. These people weren’t smashing London up, they were arrested for having placards. ...

A Trip to Tallinn

The first thing I noticed about Tallinn is it is a beautiful city. Its medieval streets are clean, proud, and intriguing. Arrival On our arrival, we were greeted by cold and clean air and a walk straight into the street of the Russian embassy. Outside were tens of banners expressing hate towards Putin and his brutal, imperial fantasies. I felt a sense that if ...

What is a Post Turtle?

I was having a riverside chat with my cricket captain yesterday. It was supposed to be about the new cricket season but it inevitably it drifted into politics and the host of bullying ineptitudes in the Tory Party. When the conversation drifted towards, arguably, the most inept of them all, James described Liz Truss (AKA Trussterfuck) as a ‘Post Turtle’. I had ...

Reading FC – A Blueprint for Daring to Dream

Reading Football Club are on a slide that looks irreversible. By chasing the riches of top flight football they went into debt. When the Premier League dream faded, player salaries and transfer costs were racing past income. Wages versus Income At one point, Reading’s salaries were 234% of income. So, in other words, for every pound they received in ...