Wrong queen. She’s called Victoria.

Even cheaper never to buy them.

Because if the Letwin amendment had been defeated there is every chance that Johnson’s Bill would have passed today.

No, I think that’s the only sane take. The abuse he was getting was disgraceful, but entirely predictable and he would have expected it. Using his child as a prop was appalling.

I always assumed that was to cover up a shiny scalp (‘how his hair is growing thin’), and the peach was a barely cryptic sexual reference.

I vaguely wondered if that was a bluff to sway doubters into supporting the bill to thwart him, but now I think its more likely his backers stand to lose a fortune (or at least not gain any more fortunes than they […]

White flannel trousers, of course.

I put fleeces in the same bracket as matching waterproof jackets for couples. I grant their practicality for outsdoorsy types, but I’ll stick with a jumper and a trench coat for the colder weather.

My feeling, based on no more than a hunch, is that ‘beers’ is an Americanism. In the UK I think most of us would talk about meeting up for a beer or a drink rather than beers or drinks.

Edit – a quick look on […]

Businesses sending more stuff out on Monday after the weekend break perhaps?

That’s David Sedaris’ neck of the woods, specifically Rackham.

I’m sure there’s a PhD waiting to be done on linguistics and Brexit.

Brexiters call themselves Brexiteers, presumably because it sounds more dashing. Just as I never heard the word Brexit until well into the campaign (and instantly felt a shudder of premonition that Leave could […]

Actually, I think you’ll find that’s a micro-aggression against masturbators?

I’ve got a copy of that. I think. I haven’t played it for at least 20 years. I’ll dig it out tomorrow.

More book-related blogs from a former client of @mikethep ‘s publishing skills. Geoff Nicholson has 2, neither explicitly book themed though authors often crop up. Both are more often random musings than f […]

Oi!

Plenty of good advice from DAvid Hepworth here –

I was looking for another piece of his though, which was probably on the old Word site. His key point was that wedding discos aren’t the place for music snobs to […]

You’re assuming she’ll be with your favoured party by the time you can. The way she gets through parties, when the election comes around she’ll probably have established her own spin-off-splinter party of the […]

I saw this just the other day – King Crimson playing to an audience of 100,000 in Rio.

Unbelievable night in Rio. 100,000 crowd and a tv audience of 10 million. Amazing pic.twitter.com/AhZKtumnPA

— Jakko M Jakszyk (@JakkoJ) October 7, 2019