I read in a newspaper today that FIFA, the scandal-ridden international football body, has an ethics committee. What on earth does it do? Also in…
Month: January 2011
Philip, As Usual, Says Nothing The Duke of Edinburgh gave two television interviews last week, reluctant concessions to the medium to mark his 90th birthday,…
Tales From the South Pier is already a limited edition, on account of not enough people buying it. It may soon be a collector’s item,…
Lawrence of Arabia – Again! I’m about half way through Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia, and I’m still none the wiser…
Robust and Uncompromising I read in the paper this morning that Paul Scholes of Manchester United (and England) is retiring to become a coach at…
Generation Gap One of the more irritating aspects of the twilight years, I’ve discovered, is people assuming that your opinions, regardless of the subject under…
Revelations about celebrities getting their legs over with publicity-seeking tarts don’t interest me very much. Nor can I share the agitation of many of my…
Esher, Surrey; May 20, 2011 – Another fucking birthday! Will they never end? Well, of course they will – and all too bloody soon. Not…
The last time I wrote in this space it was to complain about persistent and unwelcome visitors to my garden pond – rapacious, fish-eating herons. …
“He’s back, the bugger!” The cry always comes from the kitchen, and I don’t have to wonder who’s back. Harry’s back. Harry is a thoroughly…