I had a go today at folding it up and it was surprisingly resistant to that. The concentric ridges in it mean quite a bit of force seems to be required. Not good when the whole thing is one sharp edge. I decided […]

Sainsburys in Watford had several of each variety on the shelf on Wednesday.

My friend Elizabeth, who’s lived in France for many years and owns the property there that she lives in, is quite exercised over this. She’s been voting in local elections for a good while and is concerned that […]

It seems that I was wrong, just above. In the first and last things that I stated, at any rate.
Now I know a bit more, which is always a good thing.

Completely regardless of why it’s being done, it is (or it can be) your fight if you wince at “ghastly mangling of the language”.

I do like a well-executed tribute. Good stuff. I’d go see them.

Embedding a virus in a video clip is not a special hack exclusive to the Security Services. It’s been around for a while. I think I first read about it a few years back. You don’t have to open the clip for the […]

The Vegetable Balti variety is very tasty, pie crust a bit disappointing.
However: A question for the massive. How does one safely recycle the lid of the tin when the pie has been eaten. A deadly disc of sharp […]

Was it The Lexington or some other, really small place?
Anyway, I really enjoyed that gig and interview. A very pleasant, interesting and engaging guy.
I bought the Silver Seas album “Alaska” on the strength of […]

First of six explanatory articles about what Brexit is going to mean to British and EU residents and citizens. Non-partisan, as far as I could tell.
This one explains how rights of residence and citizenship are […]

It’s an enigma inside a conundrum (or was the conundrum inside the enigma?) and no mistake.
At the time, Joy Division, ACR, The Cure, Magazine, Icicle Works, Wire and Pigbag were all post-punk.

The most recent issue of Mojo (#316) arrived in my mailbox a couple of days ago. They seem to think that Post-Punk is having a revival. I am far from convinced of this and anyway, Post-Punk has always seemed to me […]

I’m assuming this has arisen because some of They want a personal pronoun of their own to differentiate Them from both Males and Females.
Fair enough and why not, but just nicking one is not appropriate […]

Very impressive. Beautifully arranged and played.

African, Indian, West Indian etc. soldiers were ordinarily pretty strictly segregated from white soldiers. They had their own regiments (with an all-white officer class).
Stragglers might end up together […]

I’m sure it was purposely put in the film to illustrate a point, but the point is a valid one.

The thing about opinions is that they are not facts and they can and should be challenged if they are contrary to facts.
If a personal opinion is expressed on a television show such as QT, it immediately gets […]

Little-known (and seemingly ill-informed*) actor Laurence Fox opined that having a Sikh soldier appear in the film is “Institutional Racism” on Sam Mendez’ part. Lots of attention now coming to him, which I […]

I found a download of unreleased devotional stuff from John & Eve McLaughlin several years ago. A compilation of a few studio tracks and a radio broadcast from WKCR New York followed by a lengthy interview. […]