I've often wished someone would send Phil Collins into space, but I never thought they would actually do it!
Author: Richard Carter
A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.
Wotsit all about?
In which I am served a burger topped with Cheesy Wotsits.
Meeting Carolyn for a hot date on Thursday…
SMS conversation.
Knowing her clints from her grikes
Our new Prime Minister holds a second-class degree in geography. That's the sort of thing I'm looking for in a leader.
Cheryl Ladd turns 65
HOLY CRAP! Cheryl Ladd is 65!
Book review: ‘White Sands’ by Geoff Dyer
Experiences from the Outside World. Geoff Dyer begins this collection with an explanatory note: [T]his book is a mixture of fiction and non-fiction. What’s the difference? Well, in fiction stuff can be made up or altered. My wife, for example, is called Rebecca whereas in these pages the narrator’s wife is called Jessica. So that’s… Continue reading Book review: ‘White Sands’ by Geoff Dyer
Obo buys a pint
Stunning new video.
Book review: ‘Humanism’ by Stephen Law
A very short introduction.
Book review: ‘The Atlantic Ocean’ by Andrew O'Hagan
Essays on Britain and America. As a long-term subscriber of the London Review of Books, I’ve admired Andrew O’Hagan’s long-form essays for many years. He has a knack for picking subjects you’d never think of reading about and making them unexpectedly interesting. Many of the essays in this eclectic collection first appeared in the LRB.… Continue reading Book review: ‘The Atlantic Ocean’ by Andrew O'Hagan
Power vacuum
With Cameron going, Labour self-imploding, the Lib-Dems (remember them?) being led by a god-botherer named Tim, the Scotch about to take the high road, Screaming Lord Sutch long-dead, and the English electorate having taken total leave of its senses, could now be the perfect time for the Gruts Party to rise from the shadows to save a grateful nation?