You will, of course, have heard of the latest absurd Kate Winslet comment: Kate Winslet has told of her relief at discovering that her ancestors were peasants, saying she would have been “upset and disgusted” to have come from wealth. … Continue reading →
I’m right behind all these people who want the coal mines opened again. Open all the old ones, and hundred new ones, I say! Ignore the climate change objections, they’re bollocks. Only question is… who’s going to work in them? … Continue reading →
The coastguard has sacked two volunteers after they rescued a car from a cliff edge because the agency’s Land Rover was there, even though they weren’t using it: Richard Clarkson and Ian Pedrick had more than 60 years’ of life … Continue reading →
Theresa May is to speak at this year’s Henley Literary Festival: Mrs May will discuss the books that have helped to shape her life at the event in Henley-on-Thames Which book has most affected Theresa May’s life? My guess is … Continue reading →
I am serious — Steve Bell, the long-time Guardian cartoonist is a national treasure. He should be knighted one day, and buried in Westminster Abbey. For over twenty years the Guardian has chosen to publish his political cartoons. This has … Continue reading →
More sub-Guardian garbage from the Telegraph women’s section: We need consistency across the board. The same plastic, foil and clingfilm regulations must be applicable in every council area, to put an end to the current confusion. The issue of recycling … Continue reading →
The Telegraph may have got a bit more conservative again recently, but it’s still full of enemy hostiles — consider, for example, this piece of incredibly biased reporting over the incident where Mark Field prevented a protester from getting past … Continue reading →
From a removalist review site: I am absolutely livid with a removal company we used after receiving a referral from an online site [removed] and i believe it is important to let you know before someone else experiences what we … Continue reading →
Here’s one for those people who think slavery is all about white people enslaving black people: For over 300 years, the coastlines of the south west of England were at the mercy of Barbary pirates (corsairs) from the coast of … Continue reading →
So someone I know well recently went to WH Smith while she was in York, and she bought a few books. One of them was Jordan Peterson’s Twelve Rules For Life, which she bought out of interest, not because she’s … Continue reading →
Woman complains about a dating agency. The complaint is reasonable. The naivety, however, is astounding: I spent £2,795 with a dating agency called Attractive Partners, which after five months has not found me any decent men. I took the … Continue reading →
Telegraph football writer Paul Hayward can always be relied upon to pen a nauseating article, and he hasn’t let us down. He notes the awful behaviour of some England football fans abroad: Dozens of fans stopped the cars of local … Continue reading →
So. Game of Thrones. I don’t watch it, except the occasional bit when I can’t avoid it (my wife is a fan). Latest episode: dragon burns city. So I watched this short clip in a story about the Simpsons predicting … Continue reading →
One of the big mistakes humans make is they they often think that the only sort of people who want to rule them with an iron hand are the sort of big, loud, shouty, axe-wielding thugs who have traditionally lusted … Continue reading →
I visited a primary school today. Do you want to know if it lived up to the stereotype of a modern school or not? Well, the first thing I saw when I came in was climate change messages everywhere. Then … Continue reading →
