That sounds more forgiving and reasonable than the situation deserves.

If Wentworth Prison is any indication (and I’m sure it’’s pretty accurate) then they really should rethink this policy.

On a slightly more grim note – the UK government has basically given up, hasn’t it?

Open the pubs, sternly tell people to socially distance and follow rules -knowing full well that they won’t. They’re letting […]

I know it’s not Krafwerk but it IS Karl Bartos – I like this because it has the Kraftwerk gift for melody, but it hasn’t been through Kling Klang Kwality Kontrol. This means it ends up sounding like a brilliantly […]

When I was younger, regular pubs were almost entirely centred around proximity to work.
I was working full time at the age of 16 and if I was with a group from work (lunches and at least two nights in a working […]

Correct!

Further clue – put the kettle on!

It is very clever and based very much on the truth.

When the full consequences of Brexit become obvious, the press will be laying into the “bonkers bureaucrats of Brussels” and people will use this to vindicate […]

Along the same lines as above, they used to produce small glossy paperbacks of entire movies – screenshots on each page with the dialogue. I had Close Encounters, Heaven Can Wait and Love at First Bite.

entangled

(3,7,5)

I see your point :-). Having said that I do have an 11 year old boy who is a Groucho Marx fan. He’s not fussed about Harpo and Chico.

Wait til he sees Zeppo, eh Readers?

You’re right – I happened to be on Twitter a couple of weeks ago when there were protests outside the White House and you’d swear that the protesters were banging their fists on the windows of the Oval office […]

That sounds like a great thing. I’d like to listen to You Bet Your Life, so I will certainly look into that. Never heard of Duffy’s Tavern – might be good for a long car ride we are doing next week with the […]

Pre COVID I wondered if a stateless existence was possible. Roam around the world for the rest of your life, staying only in the finest hotels. Living in a forest off grid doesn’t appeal to me.

You’re right – I should have looked it up.

My YouTube rabbit hole is aircraft – particularly footage of landings in extreme weather. Wellington features heavily on these clips (small runway, VERY windy) which is a worry because I go there quite […]

Script from (?) a jester.’s tear?

I revisited the album recently and I think the songwriting is remarkable. More than that is the return of the powerful industrial noises that rattle the speakers and rearrange your internal organs when played […]

@paul-wad Anton Corbijn’s genius as a director is apparent when he captures the hither-to elusive musicality of Fletch.

I can see the Gahan/Jagger thing but I think he has developed his stage craft from Dave […]

Yes it’s a shame that Linehan and Rowling are seen as the Bernard Manning and Jim Davidson of our time. That’s certainly how my 19 year old views them.

What I can’t reconcile with today’s youth is their h […]