England's England

By this time next Monday we should all know about a number of major events on Planet Earth. Apparently it’s 85% confirmed that this coming

A few years ago there were two pieces of news that happened within a month of each other that I found confusing. Firstly was a

People are allowed to get away with so many unacceptable and bad things under the disguise of it being a religious practice.   We all

Christopher just slowly ate: Freshly cut very juicy pineapple resting on a bed of St Agur blue cheese on crusty hot buttered freshly toasted slices

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

‘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

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

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

There are regimes around the world where the tribes ruling an area treat the tribes not ruling the area with such a level of hatred

It is fashionable amongst the ex-Britpop and new media generation to be right-on New Labour supporters.  All that’s vulgar about this rich selfish binge drinking

The words ‘Loving Awareness’ have featured on Radio Caroline broadcasts for over 30 years. Radio Caroline devotees will sign letters and e-mail with some reference

Someone somewhere (probably in America) started a really really stupid trend. Now they are all copying it. Have you noticed it? It is very very

It’s dead easy to spot the destroyers in Liverpool’s urban areas.  The ‘scallies’, as they are called, all wear the same caps and same dull

The Met Office, despite having Millions of Pounds worth of computer modelling equipment paid for by us the public, has spent a number of years

Aren’t people stupid when it comes to advertising? Especially so when it comes to selecting a house or a car. Take a house, for example.

I’m supposed to be able to trust my local (well, regional) paper to tell me the truth and to be accurate about stuff.  But I

Offshore radio back in the 1960s is credited with changing everything radio wise. The one station that is named by the public to ‘represent’ all

Over half a century ago people used ships to broadcast pop music from. It was called ‘offshore radio’ or ‘pirate radio’ or ‘free radio’. There

Is this country top-heavy with moaning old farts that actually have no logic to whatever it is they are moaning about? I think so. No

Why do I tend to hate old songs more than anything I have ever hated? Because I have heard them before. The limited number you

In my real life I accidentally let it slip that I am also a (mad) radio anorak of the old stylee.   Unfortunately this was

I live in one of those constituencies where one party has a very safe seat with an extremely comfortable majority, so unless that party just

Commenting on a complaint from a Mr. Arthur Purdey about a large gas bill, a spokesman for North West Gas said, “We agree it was

Yes, Dirty water…Just been reading about how a few years ago, January was the driest January for 2 million years, and how this meant there

When I was a lad in radio I was taught that your headphones were the most important tool you had. Not only would you hear

Question: What do you remember of Gary Glitter’s release date? Answer: She was called Mei Li, aged 12 from Haiphong.

It’s always been a mystery to me as to why when the prettiness of summer has given way through the shades of autumn to the

The additional information you need: It fell off my ear and into the loo. It would have been ok on my ear, but for the

This is supposedly a REAL neurological test. Even if it isn’t, at least it’s fun. Sit comfortably and calmly, and then answer these three questions

Did the disruption to European airspace caused by theEyjafjallajoekull (how on earth does one actually pronounce that?) volcano spewing out its ashes into the atmosphere

Situation 1: A man threatens a woman with death if she doesn’t lay still whilst he rapes her. He penetrates her, has relatively gentle sex

I’ve mentioned before my obsession with radio. I split music radio into two main components, and when asked to describe it, I have said you

Them: You sound muffled. Me: Muffled? Them: Yeah! Really quiet and like you are talking from behind a blanket. Me: I’m just talking normally as

This lovely place, christopherengland.com or “England’s England” as I call it, serves a purpose for me.  It allows me to provide one ‘thing’ a day

What a completely excellent idea the “Comedy Roasting” series on Channel 4 was.  I suppose it could be seen as a modernising of the awful

We should congratulate the humans that decided to operate a sort of ‘natural selection’ system for the culling of old horses. It’s so much better

(A revisit to an article I penned some long years ago, republished here unaltered. But, hey, is it still relevant today?) Many years ago, before

How can the mainstream media possibly be fair and objective during this Election campaign?  Ok, amongst the national print media there are ‘main’ newspapers that

It wasn’t so long ago that Britain was naturally very conservative, even when it wasn’t Conservative. The old Britain had its glaring faults but the

Hitler: Fools! You can’t stop the rise of the Third Richt even if you arrest us. Arresting Officer: Come along now, sir. Hitler: We will