What Do You Get For Low Prices?
When I am forced into Andover town centre to pay cheques in to the bank, I get free parking by popping into Lidl's to buy basics like bread, milk and so on. Some of you probably don't set foot in such a place but it is handy and really cheap for getting everyday bits and bobs at probably two thirds of the price of the more 'upmarket' stores. A bottle of semi-skimmed milk is a bottle of semi-skimmed milked wherever you go. The other thing ...
Chesterfield Council Defend Diana Floral Display!
Under fire Chesterfield County Council have defended a floral display on show in the town claiming that even though it is being portrayed as Princess Diana, there is an artistic twist to the tale. A council spokesman defended the display and told reporters that if critics had done their homework, they would then realise how accurate it was. "When we decided on the display, our volunteers thought that to add an artistic twist to the ...
The English Fix – The Lion and the Unicorn
About 5 years ago, I was invited to a street party. I can't remember what it was but it was something to do with royalty, either a wedding or anniversary or something of the like. Whatever it was, I didn't go because I didn't want to. Instead, I walked a long stretch of the River Kennet revisiting the fishing venues of my youth in what was my own little day of English nostalgia. As I did so, I wondered to myself why I couldn't face ...
Motty Says Goodbye
If you were a child who loved football in the 1970's, there would have been times when you were out in the street, or on the playing fields, when you would have impersonated commentators as you booted the ball into a goal without a net. My Favourite was "LETHABY...ONE-NIL!" because the voice of David Coleman was the easiest to impersonate but occasionally I would turn into Barry Davies. "OH I SAY, WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT!" or John Motson ...
Do Conspiracy Theorists Wreck the Truth?
Ever since reading Jon Ronson's book 'So You Have Been Publicly Shamed' I have tried to make sure that I do at least some research to back up my writing. This means that any opinion I offer, whether you like it or not, is hopefully based on facts. Occasionally I get pulled up, either by friends, kind strangers, or as was once the case, a conservative party activist threatening me over comments made about the lurid sex scandal involving an MP ...