This is the time of year that confuses those involved in education not ‘in the know’ about the life of an average Muslim girl in
Month: June 2010
A sign from a street in North Liverpool that was probably originally erected back in the days when there were bobbies on the beat casually
Time keeps on slipping slipping into…
The Passage of Time: Time and time again I hear people discussing how fast time seems to be going. They have a whole range of
Listen, if I was to lay my dick on my computer’s keyboard it would stretch all the way from A to Z. Christopher England just
I spotted this in the window of a shop in Knutsford. (Knutsford was a nice place once, shame it’s been completely destroyed by being on
I can’t believe that the Co-op is actually able to produce an own brand that is as orgasmic as their Tiramisu Ice Cream has turned
This is a picture of a Mountain Buggy. It has three giant sized wheels. It is ideal for pushing a baby or child around in
Name 3 things you could do with 30,000 sheets of freshly printed headed notepaper that must never be used or seen in public because ‘that’
Aha. A real shop in Blackpool. How embarrassing must it have been for the signwriter to have, erm, ‘fudged’ the spelling of ‘FuGDe Corner’, but
And god so loved, erm, nobody?
With love and respect to the victims of the recent earthquake, the tsumami, or the humans that are destroyed on mass by cyclones or any
Wow! And this is just one insignificant volcano on our insignificant planet!
Why people hate commercial radio
Why does commercial radio do everything so boringly? What are they afraid of? Here’s an example of some programming elements and how they are put
July will be mega-wet. Or will it?
As I’ve mentioned before, I have limited trust in any organisation, like the Meteorological Office, that consistently fails to provide the service that they charge Millions of
The great water hysteria
A few years ago (before the years when it was doing nothing but non-stop raining!), we were having to watch mass hysteria in London. It
This is me being a dab hand in the kitchen. I’m preparing a finger buffet. I’m a really good cook, honest. The secret’s in the
Non-linear Universes
I dunno. That Professor Stephen Hawkin, eh? He’s a one. I mean, right, the information paradox that has blighted debates for over 30 years, yeah?
Ok, ‘Moist’ wipes for one’s bottom I can accept. It’s probably cleaner than toilet paper. But ‘moist’ wipes with an ‘apple fragrance’? People want their
I’m confused. Is this warning me of a Pelican with a non-straight back, or a non virgin Pelican coming across the road, or am I
Emergency radio
Reading through the ‘Preparing for Emergencies’ book we all got quite a while ago, I notice that I have to gather up my belongings and
This is Bene Bene in Canary Wharf, London. Look carefully at the Menus on the wall above the counter. What’s that you’re saying? You can’t
How to reduce your radio audience
How to reduce your audience if you run a radio station: Tell your presenters not to say anything but to play all the songs in
Nice. No dirty basin to wash your hands into. Instead, the water falls onto a clean stone slab, rolls off the sides and disappears inbetween
Who are ‘The Borg’?
‘The Borg’ is a name given to the large corporate groups who operate the networked non-adventurous radio services. Why are they called ‘The Borg’? ‘The
Come on now, you’ve got to sympathise with the poor person who wrote this, haven’t you? You can really feel their pain.
About a year ago, Liverpool’s main newspaper (there are two, both from the same stable) the Liverpool Echo, owned by the same Labour supporting group
Hatred and cruelty is inbred at such an early age, passed down from mother to son forever. We really need to break the cycle by
Why media obsesses about Israeli-Palestinian stuff
Ex-MP, TV presenter and newspaper columnist Matthew Parris was on a recent BBC1 Question Time programme when the obvious questions came up about the Israeli
“God’s Window” they call this view. It is brilliant, but since you mention God’s window, let me be pedantic and mention that the view from
Chris Evans and his TV set
I never really liked Chris Evans on the radio other than when he was first on GLR. I thought he was good on the Big
People of Chester, hello? Excuse me? Anybody there? Look, people of Chester, for no readily apparent reason there’s a bloody great big
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