Went to see this last week. Everything was stacked against it - empty cinema (my group of four comprised 66% of the total audience) and I've got a bad neck/back so I was already grumpy, even before I...
Not some catch-all that future governments could subvert for their own purposes, but a single-issue question right now : 1. Do you unreservedly condemn the actions of the Charlie Hebdo murderers? 2....
This page will mean nothing to you ... unless ... A. You like Peanuts B. You used to love The Smiths For the small, but perfectly formed, group of us who fulfill both of the above conditions, this is...
Just been watching some of the test cricket highlights from Sydney (Aus - India) and Wellington (NZ - SL). Both places had 'buy tickets' links on the screen and so (out of idle curiosity) I had a...
It's nearly twelfth night - although mine are long gone to the loft ... ... except for one that is ... I always have one tree decoration left out (usually hidden in a house-plant), my mum said it was...
Another good Inquisitor - yet again harder than the same week's Listener. Unless I'm missing something though (always entirely possible) there are at least three 'unclued' entries where more than one...
There are a lot of them about at the moment ... ... but (ignoring the cost) which set of readers would you pick? Could you manage on a Sun Reader Special? Would a week with the Guardianista Muesli...
... top effort by Virgin Pilot and crew. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30625945 Can't have been much fun circling Gatwick in a 747 for three hours to burn off the fuel, knowing you were going to have...
Completely unscientific (and rather unxexpected given my predilection for good wine and Malt Scotch) but the jury at Chateau Ensoleillé has awarded this years prize to RUMBULLION...
So ... ... to little George (aged about 2 and a bit) who had a really terribly boring time at the Carol Concert I attended tonight : "Don't worry - it gets better tomorrow - no-one blames you at all...
Well that's done then - now I can relax. My only 'full-on' Christmas Dinner catering is prepped/cooked/eaten - and, imnvho, jolly good it was too. Visitors seem happy, so that's all that matters...
A teacher was asking her class to remember some difficult words that they had studied last week. "Now children, who can use the word "faculty" in a sentence?" Scruffy Tommy's hand flies up. The...