What’s a good life?
Seriously, that’s never, to my knowledge, asked of these people. If there’s no felt philosophy (NOT the thoughts of Lawrence), then they can go piss up a rope.

If the answer is ‘A Surbiton […]

A ‘transvestite’? Are you proud of using that outdated, fascist word, Nazi Grandad? Are you actually one of the Proud Boys?

Watching Spain last night, it was tempting to sing ‘It’s just like watching Brighton’

I gather that Space are re-recording their 1996 smash as ‘The cis-Female of the species (is deadlier than the cis-male)’ Oh, and they’re now called Safe Space.

The trouble is, the ‘grimly hilarious’ aspect seems in some quarters to be becoming destructive. I work, in various guises, with university teachers, and those in the social sciences and humanities are doing less […]

The ‘full woke discourse on race’ would mean an adherence to Critical Race Theory, and the ‘woke position on gender’ would, I strongly suspect, mean an adherence to the idea that gender is entirely a social […]

That’s great. Best thing I’ve heard in quite some time.

Nearly 50 comments in, and none’s said this (is the) one.

Lesser lights in the Chinnichap canon, and unlikely to have ever caused the dads to tut or leer during TOTP, but a cracker nonetheless..

That’s as good as I originally believed it was. Great song. I met Brian many years after the heyday, at a Glam Rock weekender at Pontins somewhere in Suffolk, and it was so sad to see the state he was in.

..and the actual treatment took ages because he was seen to by a stuttering medic. Doc doc doc doc doctor Beat.

Apparently the nurse in A & E said ‘At least you came in yourself and didn’t call 999″
‘Yeah, they’re shit they are.’

Heard: Athletico Mince. Andy Dawson and national treasure Bob Mortimer’s podcast goes from strength to strength. Good to have Peter Beardsley back, along with Gregory Porter loving Mrs B, and Bob’s Eric Dier is […]

A classic. I believe this was their riposte to Crass’s song of the same name. I inadvertently broke an ANL fan’s nose whilst we both chicken danced at one of their gigs in 1981. Wattie out of The Exploited was in […]

Robbie Williams’ back catalogue could be a populist vote winner. He could have Let Me Entertain You as his ‘ring walk’ theme, and then leave the stage to the sounds of Angels. Not a dry eye in the house.

To misquote the Television Personalities, I know where David Gilmour lives. Then again, there’s no secrecy around it. He and his wife have a new, Grand Designs type building, and it’s in the oddest place, slap […]

That’s superb.

He won’t resign, nor will he be sacked, because either of those outcomes would mean giving credence to Cummings’ claims. These people are like The Fonz. They can’t say ‘I was wrong’. And whatever happens, this […]

Someone told me that ‘Billy’ is the SASWDW figure that elicits the most admiration from his fellow ex-ers. Bizarrely, he appears in that Sean Penn fillum, The Gunman, the one that tries to be action movie and vag […]

As retropath2 has intimated, it’s likely North Laine that you’re thinking of, VV. The Lanes are the narrower thoroughfares to the west of North Street, with a ton of gold sellers and in previous years, some […]