The Jolly Lives of Winchester Pub Racists!
Jennifer and I went to Winchester yesterday to do a bit of mooching around and generally to get in to a bit of Christmas spirit. Winchester is a nice old place but in my opinion, it does do 'organic' and 'bohemian' to the point of overkill. The thriving Christmas market was packed with little wooden huts selling all sorts of trinkets and I couldn't help but wonder that if you did a trolley dash around the Poundland Christmas decorations aisle ...
An Away Day at Fulham FC
I went to my first football match in almost a year on Saturday, travelling to Craven Cottage, the riverside home of Fulham FC, with my son, George. Going to Fulham away is always a pleasure as it involves a train journey into London and a trip to some great old pubs that still maintain a traditional feel about them. If I am honest, football is just an excuse for the day out. My journey started in Andover with a two mile walk to the train ...
Autumn Bows Out Under a Polar Vortex!
Well that's another autumn done with as the meteorological winter commences. It has been a funny old season, with temperatures in the south ranging between 34 centigrade in September and falling as low as -9 centigrade on the last day of November. I quite enjoyed the few hard frosts we had this week and as a measure of how desperate middle aged life is, I looked forward to trying on my new thermal socks with what can only be described as ...
Kate Bush Loving Theresa May Means Brexit Will be Fine
When I heard Kate Bush sing "I'm Running up that, road, running up that hill, to vote for Neil Kinnock" I was convinced that this Queen of political pop would never waiver her support for the red flag. Even back in 1978, it was obvious she was a socialist as she sung her hit 'Wuthering Heights.' 'Michael Foot, it's me, Cathy Come home, I'm so cold! Let me in-a-your window to vote for you'. And what about her massive hit Babooshka....
Fidel Castro – One Man’s Freedom Fighter is Another Man’s Dictator
When I was young, I used to pick up a lot of alternative history and political ideology from music, which can be a good and bad thing because whilst some of it was well-meaning, much of it was a load of idealistic bollocks by musicians who later depressed the shit out of you by sending their kids to London's top fee paying schools. The Clash were a great band to pick up snippets of history and politics from and whilst the road to enlighten...