Monthly Archives: July 2019

Bed Piece

Posted on July 31, 2019 by S

Something I was unaware of until yesterday is that the atrium of capitalism which sits at the front of Paddington Station and which I have always previously avoided offers coffee drinking facilities and quite a lot of armchairs in which … Continue reading →

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FoodPeopleBuildings

Posted on July 30, 2019 by S

Another London morning, another cafe, another coffee, another pastry. But all with added rain. Scuppers a vague idea of seeing if I could persuade my body to have a bit of a look at Hyde Park today. Instead, having checked … Continue reading →

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I Don’t Think Boromir Knows About Second Brexits

Posted on July 29, 2019 by S

Monday morning in the capital of this is England. My hotel room was hot and I did not sleep too well but I didn’t die either so I’m taking this as a positive and hoping London doesn’t hate me quite … Continue reading →

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Lundun

Posted on July 28, 2019 by S

I am made of London right now. Yes, this instant. And this one. And for two days worth of instants to come. All made of London like a proper human and everything. Apart from being mad, of course, but you … Continue reading →

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BJ Sucks

Posted on July 26, 2019 by S

At least the USA elected their racist leader, Britain just had one dumped on them by ‘eeny meeny miny mo’ (a racist rhyme in itself). Now, back in 2007, when the then ruling Labour party changed leaders and therefore changed … Continue reading →

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Unworthy To Wield A Hammer

Posted on July 25, 2019 by S

We don’t like Thursdays, do we? They have bits of lemon rind and old cigarette butts in them. And if we use the word ‘butt’ people snigger because they imagine we’ve made reference to bum parts, which we haven’t. Not … Continue reading →

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Yellow Lorry Slow

Posted on July 23, 2019 by S

Soonish, or perhaps just gone by, it will be the fiftieth anniversary of a giant leap for humankind – when Liverpudlians walked on the zebra crossing closest to EMI’s Abbey Road studios. They came in peace for all mankind. Because … Continue reading →

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Ich Bin Ein Sausage

Posted on July 22, 2019 by S

“You want the moon on a stick, not because it is easy, but because it is hard.” President Ray and Alan Kennedy said that and then he dropped the stick in Dallas and got run over by some bullets. A … Continue reading →

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(To The Moon) And Back

Posted on July 21, 2019 by S

The day after the day HUMANKIND walked on the moon all first timely, well that was a sort of anticlimax day really. A head back to boring old Earth in the command module bit sort of a day. A day … Continue reading →

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Loony Toons

Posted on July 20, 2019 by S

Fifty years ago on this very day, Stretch Armstrong and Buzz Lightyear took time out from being children’s toys to walk on the ladder of their Lunar Landing Module. And then walk on the Lunar. Joan Collins was still up … Continue reading →

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