Until Thursday, when I went ‘out, out’, I hadn’t had a drink on a work night this year. I counteracted Thursday by having last night off. Aided by a blood pressure and cholesterol warning, I don’t have any intention of going back to regular weekday drinking.
However, I still have a tipple at the weekend. Part of me wonders whether I should jack that in as well, but I’m not so sure? For the moment, I feel like I can be a ‘good ...
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 getting involved in all the media twaddle about culture wars, cancel culture, or ...
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.
The right to demonstrate, also known as the right to protest or the freedom of ...
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 Putin dared have a go at Estonia, they would fight like dogs to retain their ...
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 never heard this term before. Apparently, it originates from the United States....
