Unexpected excitement in my Quality Book Club edition of E.S. Turner’s Call the Doctor: A Social History of Medical Men.
January 9, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Unexpected excitement in my Quality Book Club edition of E.S. Turner’s Call the Doctor: A Social History of Medical Men.
Fain would I kiss my Julia’s dainty leg
Which is as white and hairless as an egg
Which is as white and hairless as an egg
December 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Fain would I kiss my Julia’s dainty leg
Which is as white and hairless as an egg
Which is as white and hairless as an egg
He appeared in the first issue of Eagle in 1950, so the youngest OG Pugwash enthusiasts would now be octogenarians.
December 4, 2025 at 11:45 AM
He appeared in the first issue of Eagle in 1950, so the youngest OG Pugwash enthusiasts would now be octogenarians.
Latin Stan Hoight, 64.
December 4, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Latin Stan Hoight, 64.
Important political fact: José "Xanana" Gusmão, current Prime Minister of East Timor and its inaugural President when it regained its independence from Indonesia in 2002, is nicknamed after Sha Na Na.
December 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Important political fact: José "Xanana" Gusmão, current Prime Minister of East Timor and its inaugural President when it regained its independence from Indonesia in 2002, is nicknamed after Sha Na Na.
Acclaim for this 1959 Air Force comedy: “Perhaps its principal distinction among British films is that it has three scenes set in men's lavatories” - Monthly Film Bulletin.
November 30, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Acclaim for this 1959 Air Force comedy: “Perhaps its principal distinction among British films is that it has three scenes set in men's lavatories” - Monthly Film Bulletin.
Outtakes make it look like they’d inadvertently wandered into the Funeral Pyre promo.
December 3, 2024 at 10:45 AM
Outtakes make it look like they’d inadvertently wandered into the Funeral Pyre promo.
I’ve been waiting for this to come for fifteen years or something with little confidence that it ever would, and yet here it is, more extravagantly bonkers and replete with piercing insights than I could possibly have hoped. Magic indeed.
November 29, 2024 at 9:56 AM
I’ve been waiting for this to come for fifteen years or something with little confidence that it ever would, and yet here it is, more extravagantly bonkers and replete with piercing insights than I could possibly have hoped. Magic indeed.
Her voice was as dead as the summer before last.
May 5, 2024 at 12:57 AM
Her voice was as dead as the summer before last.
My favourite fact is that Brigitte Bardot called him, apparently admiringly, “the Norman wardrobe” with reference to his commanding height.
March 26, 2024 at 11:44 AM
My favourite fact is that Brigitte Bardot called him, apparently admiringly, “the Norman wardrobe” with reference to his commanding height.
I couldn’t afford this when I bought it and I couldn’t be more delighted I starved or whatever it was.
December 15, 2023 at 9:22 AM
I couldn’t afford this when I bought it and I couldn’t be more delighted I starved or whatever it was.
Elliott Erwitt, cairn terrier enthusiast.
November 30, 2023 at 10:02 PM
Elliott Erwitt, cairn terrier enthusiast.
The one I’ve been waiting for forever is this.
November 19, 2023 at 9:14 AM
The one I’ve been waiting for forever is this.
Always good to come home with some silverware.
September 27, 2023 at 7:04 AM
Always good to come home with some silverware.
Starting as I mean to continue.
September 25, 2023 at 2:05 AM
Starting as I mean to continue.