I was sad to learn of the death last week of my online acquaintance and occasional correspondent Frank Key, the absurdist genius behind the clotted nonsense that was hootingyard.org. Among the phenomenal amount of nonsense Frank put out there, he was aware that my personal favourite was a piece about a rose garden, which he… Continue reading Frank Key
Author: Richard Carter
A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.
Got this covered
BBC: Brexit: Operation Yellowhammer no-deal document publishedRiots on the streets, food price rises and reduced medical supplies are real risks of the UK leaving the EU without a deal, a government document has said. I’ll freely admit I've been concerned the government, in its insane rush to implement any form of Brexit, had been completely… Continue reading Got this covered
Edwyn Collins
At Hebden Bridge Trades Club.
Book review: ‘River’ by Esther Kinsky
File under Sebaldian.
Book review: ‘Sea Room’ by Adam Nicolson
The story of one man, three islands and half a million puffins.
Compare and Contrast
Grant v Oakenshield.
Overheard on the train to Liverpool this morning
You can get cheapo Chinese knock-off vintage games consoles with hundreds of games on them these days, but, after playing them for five minutes, you realise all the old games were shite.
Serendipditty
It always amuses me to see Pam Ayres filed (correctly, alphabetically) next to W.H. Auden in the poetry sections of bookshops.
Art concept
For some years now, I’ve harboured an artistic concept for a piece of Concept Art (capital C, capital A).
When I do it, it’s called ‘a red line’…
…When you do it, it’s called ‘refusing to negotiate’.