Edit: I say! That video features a nude chap. With a dog. On a trampoline. Is that legal?

What a jolly idea, you soppy loved up romantic you. My favourite versh of my favourite love song (Roberta Flack, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face):

You think that looks bad, I made it through Terry Gilliam’s ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’ last night.

I think it’s a really successful mix of past and present/future, as befits a total reworking of a Prince Buster song to suit modern attitudes. The inclusion of a Ghost Town-y bit, the new guest vocalist, the […]

For anyone who hasn’t heard it, I’m finding this track from the new album one of the best things they’ve done:

I finally got round to watching Killing Eve after a few friends recommended it a few newspapers named it as best TV series of 2018. Needless to say, I was a bit disappointed. It was ok, but nothing special. But […]

I like Little Axe. Writes with Adrian Sherwood. As part of the house band for Sugarhill Records he played on Grandmaster Flash’s The Message. Some very good choons, like:

That’s certainly what I’ve found among people I know (I don’t know many people though).

As an expat living in the EU I didn’t get a vote. In a way that could be considered fair – not living in the UK I’ll be far less affected by the outcome. But the fact is that losing our rights as EU citizens will […]

Thank you, Lodey. Words cannot express my delight. So I am working on a coreography that will involve both dance and mime.

As I said, I think sneers and insults (and sarcasm too, Dougie) are unwelcome elements in any debate.
Opposing membership of the EU is a perfectly reasonable and debatable position. Supporting a withdrawal from […]

His writing about Europe, especially the penultimate paragraph, expresses so well how I feel. I once went to California with the idea that I wanted to live there. I thought the common language would make it easy, […]

Blimey, that must have taken you ages to type out.

Excallent article. Thanks for sharing. “Back to gooseberries not avocados.” Brilliant.

Deal or No, the UK’s leadership is going to be negotiating with the US. That’ll be interesting, given the last two years.

And ‘A Man Of No Importance’ is an unjustly overlooked gem of a film.

It seems, according to some observers, that the ERG’s new chosen tactic is to push for May’s deal in order to get out as merely an initial stepping stone to further detachment.

I’m not usually a conspiracy theory type person but I have to wonder how on earth this is happening. Virtually all reasonable, informed and intelligent voices with no agenda other than wanting what’s best for UK […]

Chillin’ on a Sunday. Feckin’ freezin’ more like. My house was designed and built to stay cool in the summer, not to keep warm in the winter. Django calls. (And don’t forget, Bob Mortimer’s on Desert Island Discs […]