Never understood why my aptitude for doing skids in the village hall wasn't seized on
February 6, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Never understood why my aptitude for doing skids in the village hall wasn't seized on
Navigating choppy waters in a flotilla of trams
February 2, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Navigating choppy waters in a flotilla of trams
The perfect Trade Secrets game!
January 24, 2026 at 11:08 AM
The perfect Trade Secrets game!
Substantively true, but pedantically the highest point in Uruguay is a bit lower than Exmoor...
January 10, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Substantively true, but pedantically the highest point in Uruguay is a bit lower than Exmoor...
The excellent Oulipo Compendium refers to one of their works as being a story that breaks all twenty of Van Dine's rules for detective fiction. I'd like to find it!
January 7, 2026 at 10:12 PM
The excellent Oulipo Compendium refers to one of their works as being a story that breaks all twenty of Van Dine's rules for detective fiction. I'd like to find it!
I'm glad! We found the same. And even if not revelatory, offered several insights we've come back to since.
November 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I'm glad! We found the same. And even if not revelatory, offered several insights we've come back to since.
Eh? Not exactly news that Catholic teaching consists of something other than uniform support for everything related at any point in the Bible.
November 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Eh? Not exactly news that Catholic teaching consists of something other than uniform support for everything related at any point in the Bible.
Kenneth Clarke's Clarks Clerk's Quarks' Civilisation. Exploring the theme from the perspective of the fundamental particles comprising the stock control manager at the former Chancellor's shoe shop.
November 25, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Kenneth Clarke's Clarks Clerk's Quarks' Civilisation. Exploring the theme from the perspective of the fundamental particles comprising the stock control manager at the former Chancellor's shoe shop.
Clarks Civilisation. The shoe event horizon.
November 25, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Clarks Civilisation. The shoe event horizon.
I agree. And also lots of London families earning good professional wages choose a smaller more central house over larger alternatives in Zone 5. If they want 4 bedrooms they move to Guildford not Bexley.
November 12, 2025 at 10:24 AM
I agree. And also lots of London families earning good professional wages choose a smaller more central house over larger alternatives in Zone 5. If they want 4 bedrooms they move to Guildford not Bexley.
Just Third Way triangulation. It's ducking stools or nothing for me.
November 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Just Third Way triangulation. It's ducking stools or nothing for me.
Sounds painful. Has this been done? Does he get to balance it on some kind of small mound so he can get a clear swing with the kick? Or is it more of a dribble?
October 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Sounds painful. Has this been done? Does he get to balance it on some kind of small mound so he can get a clear swing with the kick? Or is it more of a dribble?
(For that matter, even if one doesn't believe in divine authorship, large chunks of it are literary folk going on about the misfortunes of following that career in ancient Mesopotamia, classical Turkey etc...)
October 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
(For that matter, even if one doesn't believe in divine authorship, large chunks of it are literary folk going on about the misfortunes of following that career in ancient Mesopotamia, classical Turkey etc...)
That's a good one! I'd argue
- the Bible is, whatever else it is, great literature
- written by God
- featuring God, an author
- the Bible is, whatever else it is, great literature
- written by God
- featuring God, an author
October 14, 2025 at 7:43 AM
That's a good one! I'd argue
- the Bible is, whatever else it is, great literature
- written by God
- featuring God, an author
- the Bible is, whatever else it is, great literature
- written by God
- featuring God, an author
You'll have to eat your words when Man City announce their big sponsorship deal with Deutsche Grammophon
September 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
You'll have to eat your words when Man City announce their big sponsorship deal with Deutsche Grammophon
It's exactly that quality which I liked in his Inheritance of Rome on the, what shall we call it, 400-1000 AD period
August 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It's exactly that quality which I liked in his Inheritance of Rome on the, what shall we call it, 400-1000 AD period
Honest strong recommendation for Chris Wickham's The Inheritance of Rome. I'm no expert at all but it read to me as a sober, enlightening assessment of the post-Roman centuries. Including an initial loss of complex structures in the West.
August 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Honest strong recommendation for Chris Wickham's The Inheritance of Rome. I'm no expert at all but it read to me as a sober, enlightening assessment of the post-Roman centuries. Including an initial loss of complex structures in the West.
Yes! And in a way funnier to read when the specific fads and fashions are so remote.
August 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Yes! And in a way funnier to read when the specific fads and fashions are so remote.
"Calling a spade a... symbol of oppression for the systemically excluded excavatory and farming communities"
August 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"Calling a spade a... symbol of oppression for the systemically excluded excavatory and farming communities"
Mr Pooter in Diary of a Nobody still surprisingly funny, in parts. So consistent a strand of humour, thwarted social aspiration.
August 12, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Mr Pooter in Diary of a Nobody still surprisingly funny, in parts. So consistent a strand of humour, thwarted social aspiration.
Best footballer in Spain's history? St. John of the Cross
July 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Best footballer in Spain's history? St. John of the Cross
Vote for the Two Power Standard!
July 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Vote for the Two Power Standard!
Common misconception, I'm afraid. It's correctly pronounced "uck"
June 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Common misconception, I'm afraid. It's correctly pronounced "uck"
BIG CHAS SAYS: "I'M BACKING ADRIAN" OVER PAPAL ANTICS
I'm keeping myself amused and that's what matters
I'm keeping myself amused and that's what matters
June 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
BIG CHAS SAYS: "I'M BACKING ADRIAN" OVER PAPAL ANTICS
I'm keeping myself amused and that's what matters
I'm keeping myself amused and that's what matters
BIG CHAS MUM EXCLUSIVE: "MY LAD'S ANNALS AREN'T FAKE!"
June 8, 2025 at 7:37 AM
BIG CHAS MUM EXCLUSIVE: "MY LAD'S ANNALS AREN'T FAKE!"