Islands, you say? Hmmm…Canvey Island anybody? When I was on the buses in Sarfend I used to be terrified of the trip to Canvey. When the Canvey Teds came into town on Saturday night you were well advised to keep […]

That was fascinating, Mousey – listening to the song after reading that was a revelation.

Good blog too.

😉

Another 501s boy here, got several pairs in various states of disrepair. Currently, though, I’m rocking (if that’s the word) a pair of R.M. Williams jeans. R.M. Williams is an outdoorsy Aussie brand that used to […]

So was I, at the same age! (In Southend, not Birmingham.) I lost interest in athletics when I was told I had to start training. And when I measured my length on a cinder track coming second in the 220. Still got the scar.

Oh it did, it did…on the other hand I’m still making a living out of it. 😉

I am almost supernaturally good at spotting what’s wrong (and what’s right) with people’s prose. This has brought me a few professional plaudits – around the time of the 3-day week I was described as ‘the hottest […]

I think this might be my favourite.

My evening at the Houses of Parliament. #ReesMogg #NoDeal #DateNight #Parliament #Brexit #NoDealBrexit pic.twitter.com/WgxXrw66YZ

— Alejandro Negueruela (@Alex_Negueruela) September 4, 2019

I once bumped into them at GLR. I was impressed that they bothered to get into all that kit for radio.

Given I’m the same age as Elton John and Don Henley, I expect they’re planning to live forever. As are the inexplicably left out Ian Anderson, Mick Fleetwood, Ronnie Wood, Carlos Santana, Brian May, Meatloaf, Bob […]

That’s fab, to coin a phrase…they do a pretty damfine cover of Friday on My Mind too…

I’ll take any number of invasive procedures, especially if profopol is involved (and friends, I’ve had a few…) if it means I don’t have to have any more MRI scans. They freak me out bigly.

Prison ships?

Kinglsey Amis told a story of meeting Evelyn Waugh.

‘Ah, Ames,’ said the Great Man.

‘It’s Amis, actually.’

‘Nonsense, it’s Ames.’

That’s how you identify Canadians – they say ‘oat and aboat’ for ‘out and about’. Carry on.

Yeah, right…wibble.

Well stone me…might try one of these myself. “…the user gets all the advantages of herbal medication…”

This is all a dastardly plot to put Southend United at the bottom of the league by removing the clubs under them.

We have a small but distinguished collection on two continents. Jen swears by them (eucalyptus oil is her soother of choice), but I can’t honestly say that I’ve noticed a difference. Pleasant enough pong, to be […]

A gentleman never tells…mostly because it’s too dull.