Nonsense

Carolyn's young son, Aran (pointing at my beard): "How do you do that?"

Martin Amis [Guardian]: The voice of the lonely crowd Since it is no longer permissible to disparage any single faith or creed, let us start disparaging all of them. To be clear: an ideology is a belief system with an inadequate basis in reality; a religion is a belief system with no basis in reality… Continue reading Martin Amis

BBC: Sir Elton performs in Queen's palace No, this doesn't mean he's been performing at home.

Hebden Bridge Times: 'Cooking Up a Seasonal Treat' Trevor and Joan Whitworth knotched (sic) up a hat-tick of victories in the World Dock Pudding Championships on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Whitworth of Skircoat Green, Halifax, again beat all comers at Mytholmroyd Community Centre to win a special dock pudding plate, the Evening Courier trophy and… Continue reading Dock Pudding

I have now received a reply to my letter to Ofsted about all the recent Gateshead creationist nonsense. The Chief Inspector of Schools sounds like a good chap. Postscript [04-May]: Me and my big mouth! He's left his job.

Hey, my friend Irish Mick has done a cartoon of yours truly. A damn good likeness, if you ask me. If ever I get abducted by aliens and replaced with an impostor, the absence of a pen in the top pocket would be a dead giveaway. …But am I really that fat? (Rhetorical question.)

I have now written a letter to Ofsted about all the recent Gateshead creationist nonsense.

I've just received a reply to my letter to Estelle Morris, Secretary of State for Education and Skills, about a piece in the Guardian newspaper, which reported how science teaching at a school in Gateshead is being undermined by Christian fundamentalists.

Headline in this week's Hebden Bridge Times: Former addict stole gammon steaks for birthday treat On first reading, I thought the felon must be a reformed meat addict, but it turns out they were talking about drugs. Pity - it would have given a whole new meaning to the phrase fancy a joint? In the… Continue reading Hebden Bridge Times