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Simon.
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Scottish-born American. A joy of a human.
My mum says I still have to boycott over Errol's appearance at the Tory Party Conference in 1984
November 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
WH Smith's in Newark. I regret nothing.
November 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
August 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Ooops
June 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Did you ever see Nick Cave responding to criticism for going to the royal wedding? Much in the same vein

www.theredhandfiles.com/why-are-you-...
June 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
This was excellent, if a lil' too close to home at points. Well done (again!)
June 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This is the plot of the first story - The Stowaway - of Julian Barnes' 'A History of the World in 10½ Chapters'
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Histo...
A History of the World in 10½ Chapters - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
May 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
And a very happy one I hope it is too
May 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Candy Darling, who was also on the cover of The Smiths' 'Sheila Take a Bow'!
April 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Algernon: “All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.”

Jack: “Is that clever?”

Algernon: “It is perfectly phrased! and quite as true as any observation in civilized life should be.”
April 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
My uncle, while working at the bbc, was sent to pick up something from Sports. He was quite startled to enter the tiny room and see (in those pre-Internet days) GH, alone, watching the Beeb's live feed of the Brazilian Grand Prix
April 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Not in Frankie world.

"Eeeee-rect"
April 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The Exploding Boy
Man Inside My Mouth
Babble*

(*I used to be great friends with Andrew from Sleaford Mods, and he /loved/ this song. We would listen to it over and over on the pub jukebox)
March 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Imagine the poor Derby fans - still praying for someone to steal the lowest points crown - having to watch both their East Midlands make unlikely title charges
January 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Ah, I skipped this one. I look forward to seeing it when it's published then
December 6, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Amazing, congrats! I wanted to read your 100 word one, but didn't see it linked from that post. Am I missing something?
December 6, 2024 at 5:37 PM