Toby Young
I felt sorry for the Conservative Party, when it got in trouble for appointing Toby Young to a body advising…
Posted onMike Marqusee – It’s Not Just Cricket
We may all be unique, but few could be as unique as Mike Marqusee, who died last week, as it’s…
Posted onIsrael, you rascals
In recent years most of humanity has become proudly more tolerant of groups who once seemed to be on the…
Posted onBANBURY
Here’s a town that’s an idyllic cocktail, of stunning Cotswold soothing stoniness, and yet reviled by much of Oxfordshire…
Posted onDIDCOT
At first glance Didcot isn’t easy to love. In a way it’s Oxfordshire’s grubby neighbour, and you can…
Posted onIVYBRIDGE
Ivybridge is as aptly named a place as you’re likely to find in South Devon. Because its main bridge is…
Posted onMuch Wenlock
MUCH WENLOCK It doesn’t matter how meticulously you travel round Britain, carefully picking off every single town, you’ll still to…
Posted onCRANLEIGH
I’m sure everyone in the world is as ridiculously fascinated by the quirks of towns as I am, so here…
Posted onComedy is Rarely as Funny as When it Goes Wrong
Sometimes a comic will have a dream, in which they’re doing a show but not only is the audience not…
Posted onTributes have flooded in
I wonder if it was like this two thousand years ago. If it was, when Jesus died, Pontius Pilate would…
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