Just for the sake of clarity, the stance of the signatories of the open letter to the Graun in April of last year pretty much sums up my own position – the fact that they are in essence calling out The Guardian […]

My heart soars like a hawk that you should be offended on her behalf!
We only have a limited number of summers before we shuffle off this mortal coil & in my case at least that’s not enough time to be concerned […]

As any B Tech Sociology student knows, you can’t extrapolate meaningful data without a reasonable sample.

You can add Martina Hyde ( woman of the people) & Polly Toynbee to the list of Graun bellends as well ( for further balance).

Please see my comment above about Freedland being a bellend with refernce to his dissembling ( let’s call it lying shall we?) in the column above
This is a verbatim tweet from @davidrosenberg on Twitter today
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Hooray!
Glad to be of service.

Ooh blimey, no smoke without fire eh?
Their race , individually or collectively is irrelevent – it’s what they write that’s objectionable – they are bellends. Simon Jenkins is also a bellend if you feel the need […]

Only one problem with the piece, & that’s the name on the by line – Nick Cohen – which in my book means I wouldn’t wipe my dog’s arse with it (if I had one) as N. Cohen Esq. is consistently amongst the most […]

Charmed, I’m sure.
The two things are inextricably linked, to pretend that they are not is disingenuous to the point of stupidity. The current leader of the Labour Party holds a different view on the […]

They are not anti semitic & Jeremy Corbyn is not anti semitic.
There are very well funded and highly motivated people who really want you think that they are anti semitic.
They have a very specific agenda […]

‘It ain’t where you’re from, it’s where you’re at.’

I have never heard Astral Weeks, & maybe I never will.

Nice post, I concur that Jazz is definitely a cause for good.
As a term I guess it can have limitations, being so broad as to almost be meaningless.
I think it’s telling that Miles didn’t like the term & a […]

Terrific review, Lando.
It’s a terrific collection of fabulously intense music – imagine being in the audience for one of those shows, with a unit absolutely at the top of its’ game, wow!
My personal fave is […]

What an excellent piece, I loved that!

I’m reliably informed by Derek the Druid (AKA Smoking Derek) a true connoisseur of modern toking matters , that Storz & Bickel is the gold standard – the table top ones they do resemble George Clinton’s […]

Me too! He was mesmerising,.
The festival itself was superb, made all the more impressive by the fact that lots of music/artists was available to the public along the Promenade for nothing.
I have great […]

I think the notion sounds up, at least according to one or two oldsters I asked. The heatwave of 1965 ( I think) is recalled by older Jamaicans in the same way the heatwave on 1976 is in the UK – the difference […]

We’re on hols at the mo’ ( deepest Devon, thanks for asking) so can indulge more than usual for us, a bottle a night rather than a bottle a week – & it’s red all the way. The only dilemma is Rioja ( my fave ) or […]

It has to be Aliens without a doubt – I can still recall the cathartic buzz of watching it with a mate in Leeds on release & I make a point of watching it about once a year. It’s now become one of those ‘knowing […]

Apologies, skimmed the OP without my glasses & missed the ‘soul emphasis’ bit of the request.