Running With Trolls
This article is an extract from The TakeOut Podcast. It features a clash between Jack Monroe and a right-wing troll. I also explore attention deficit issues linked to video shorts. Read More …
Category: Humour
Is this the first step in a new career path as a comedy writer? Actually, no! I am still doing the web development stuff, but I hope you will find something to lift your spirits amongst this motley collection of rants.
If you play jazz guitar, just think of this column as something to do whilst waiting for the phone to ring, but don’t hold your breath. Try to keep in mind that the rest of the world are busy playing games on their cell phones, or texting little smiley faces to each other. Nobody is going to want to hear you play, deal with it!
So why not put that fat old guitar down, kick back and take the little tablet that nice nurse has just given you, smile and read on…
Sent via my Blackberry – Secure Hospital Wing HM Broadmore, home for criminally insane :>)
Time is not our Friend
This is less than a 2-minute read with a 4-minute audio trailer: A quick take on my episode 12 podcast, ‘You Only Lie Twice’. There are piranhas, Pink Floyd, and my grandma… Read More …
On Falling Trees
In this article, I share a few thoughts on guest writers and what it really takes to make a living as a self-publishing author. Plus: Boats, Godzilla, Flags, and Hot Blondes. Read More …
Lockdown Flags
Each time a government minister appears on TV, there is a flagpole with a Union Jack in the background. Anyone viewing from abroad would think that every British room has one. Read More …
Why I am not Ashamed to be British
In a week when the UK Government announces that it plans to break International Law and appoints Tony Abbott, an acclaimed misogynist, as UK trade envoy, I propose a replacement statue to sit upon Colston’s empty plinth in Bristol. Read More …
Can we still be friends?
More doctors, more police, more teachers, rocket scientists… in fact more of everything & free Champagne for everyone. It is practically guaranteed, once we get Brexit Done! LOL…
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No love for Love Island
As YouTube serves up videos of brawling passengers on Ryanair, I offer this satirical view of what is wrong with Brexit Britain… Read More …
Springtime for Boris and Britain, Winter for Ireland and France
As Brexit looms ever closer and the opinions of a divided country become further entrenched, I humbly submit this short essay, where I attempt to take the hysteria out of the BREXIT debate, by pointing out that this has all been nothing more than a song-and-dance routine…
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It’s NOT OK Google!
Who does not love the free music of Spotify, apart from the gazillions of musicians, now unable to make a living? Who does not love 99cents books from Amazon or the Voice Assistants of Google, Siri and Alexa? I submit that these latest offerings are nothing less than a Trojan Horse. Neigh… Read More …
Down at the BREXIT Golf Club
Are you sitting comfortably? Then stop, it’s bad for you. Instead, read my reply to the little-Englanders, who claim that leaving the EU is akin to quitting a golf club. This, in a week when Britain loses its seat on the UN Court of Justice, for the first time ever. Meanwhile, down at the BREXIT golf club, trouble is brewing: Read More …