Google+ has just celebrated its second birthday. Happy Birthday Google+. You know I love you, right? As a Google anorak, even in these times when
Month: June 2013
Time to rebel against the machine of Glasto
Imagine the horror if, back in 1970, when those 14 souls invested all they had into building the first ever Glastonbury (Pilton) Festival, lots of
The Web as intended
The truly wonderful christopherengland.com is hand crafted by me to provide daily articles for your extreme reading pleasure. Using words, most of which are found
When will they be tattooing us all?
One of the most frightening things happening in the UK is that more and more local authorities are collecting data on ethnic origin and sexual
Meat is oh so yummy
It may surprise my good regular readers to discover that I am vegan. Ok, I’m not vegan. Neither am I vegetarian. I am a healthy
Grass, man, grass
When I first landed on this planet, I befriended an actual human, and explained I was new here. He was great because he taught me
We must have more houses?
(A guest article written by Peter Moore) This has been the cry in the media for some time now. The subject revolves around how we
Why would any man want this selfish biatch?
You know those annoying jpgs that people insist in putting up on their ‘statuses’ on social meeja? The ones favoured by stupid teenage girls? The
Comments, now you see them, now you don’t
Google+ just keeps getting better and ‘sexier’. I find myself immersed within it when I’m looking for stimulation, new contacts, and information. It’s also damn
True love will survive anything
In September last year I wrote a piece about the 30 year old maths teacher Jeremy Forrest and the 15 year old schoolgirl that I
Radio Caroline’s promise of performance
(A guest article written by Peter Moore) (Responding to my award-winning commentary about Radio Caroline fans here.) Hold On Christopher, you are on a bit
Let’s stop smokers killing normal people
Not even these packets will stop the cigarette junkies There was a time when TV programmes had people smoking on them. Ok, so they still
Radio Caroline obssessives still haven’t faffed off
What is wrong with these people? Some while ago I delicately described the Radio Caroline obsessives – for ease of identification let’s call them ‘mad
The saddest Radio Caroline legacy = the anorak
One of the saddest legacies of the offshore pop pirates of 50 years ago is the radio enthusiast known as an ‘anorak’. Whilst the modern
Why does the Met Office always get the weather so wrong?
This week the Meteorological Office in the UK is having a meeting. The meeting is because the weather keeps refusing to behave as it is
Stop playing the damn oldies!
I was sitting in the Subway in Aintree retail park. Well, actually I’d popped in to use the loo, and felt I ought to buy
Radio 1 Chart Show? STFU!
My, oh my. Not since the era when the BBC Radio 1 Sunday Chart Show (4pm – 7pm) would suddenly grind to a halt and play
Radio Caroline: WHY? but then WHY NOT?
(A guest article written by Peter Moore) Your assessment of Caroline (here) is ‘sort of’ correct. I will not delve in to the LA thing
Even cold weather is global warming
Ha ha ha.Such is the religion of climate change that even cold weather is global warming. Sadly, these people are getting paid (the equivalent of)
A taxing reality
(A guest article by Bemused from Bermondsey) I’ve been observing things again. I know I shouldn’t however just watching people making complete arses of themselves
How Scousers treat helpful shop keepers
On a Wednesday, three pieces of Scouse scum went into this small newsagents in Priory Road, Anfield, North Liverpool. They, as is usual in that
Pray for me?
Oh My God! Dear Lord, please save me from religious people praying. Every time there’s some kind of disaster, social meeja like Facebork or Twitter
Radio Caroline obsessives need to faff off
Once upon a time there was a radio station called Radio Caroline. It closed down. Then it came back and closed down many more times.
Why are there news programmes on BBC1?
I don’t understand why there is a news sequence on BBC1 television. They have a news sequence starting at 1pm then 6pm and another one
Just what is terrorism?
(A guest article by Bemused from Bermondsey) Perhaps you can help me, you see I observe things and, sometimes, I want to ask questions when
The Bilderberg Illuminati
There are only about 1% of the crazy ongoing conspiracy theories that I have time for. The remaining 99% are mental issues translated into the
The need for a human-being ‘delete’ button
I was going in to Liverpool Lime Street station to see somebody off on their train when I happened upon one of the many drunks/druggies
You just lost the game
Rule 1: You are playing The Game.You, along with everyone else in the world, always is, always has been, and always will be playing The Game.
The broadcasting pioneers didn’t have Media Degrees
People end up being where they are more by accident than design. A lot of the people who are the living success stories around us
Equal Marriage at last
Having had a number of truly unsuccessful marriages across the ages of my serial monogamy, I might be somewhat cynical as to the actual purpose
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