| 6 Nov 08 | Moar press invasion of privacy (1) | (11 Nov 08, 12:37 PM by Master_Craftsman) |
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Former child actor Mark Lester - who starred in the 1968 film version of the musical Oliver - is seeking damages of £150,000 from Associated Newspapers alleging libel and invasion of privacy over a story about his divorce. |
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| 6 Nov 08 | Children as young as three suspended for assault (10) | (7 Nov 08, 8:49 PM by wonderer) |
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More than 4,000 children aged five and younger were suspended from primary schools in England last year, government figures obtained by the Conservatives show. |
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| 5 Nov 08 | Michael Crichton (4) | (6 Nov 08, 10:55 PM by DarkLordDredd) |
| I just saw this - http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_... [more...]
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| 5 Nov 08 | Spooky maths jiggerypokery (8) | (6 Nov 08, 5:27 PM by ropeburn) |
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Maths that lies oh come on... |
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| 6 Nov 08 | In memoriam Off Topic (4) | (6 Nov 08, 5:08 PM by newfavourite) |
| So. Farewell [more...]
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| 24 May 08 | Songs that make you cry... (29) | (5 Nov 08, 9:53 PM by Mister_Aun) |
| Sad bastard that I am, but Peter, Paul & Mary's "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" is guaranteed to have me in floods of tears, every time. [more...]
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| 5 Nov 08 | Fireworks (7) | (5 Nov 08, 6:35 PM by Wolfs_Angel) |
| They're letting fireworks off in one of the gardens that I can (just about) see from my office window - a bit early, surely? [more...]
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| 31 Oct 08 | Natural Born Sellers | (31 Oct 08, 12:37 PM by spirifer) |
| How could I have missed this gem up to now? Last night, after getting so incensed at Question Time broadcast from Washington (apparently the standard of political debate in the run up to the election of the most powerful man in the world is “Sarah Palin is great – she *has* got experience!” Audience screams and whoops. “No, Obama is great – he *has* got experience too!” More screaming and whooping…), I was channel-hopping and came across Natural Born Sellers. [more...]
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| 19 Oct 08 | What are you wearing? (22) | (24 Oct 08, 7:37 AM by chartreuse) |
| Many moons ago I used to occasionally correspond with a chap who would invariably start any online conversation with these words. Not the most original or imaginative tool in the woodshed, clearly, but great fun to while away the time with once in a while. [more...]
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| 19 Oct 08 | Arrival (7) | (19 Oct 08, 8:51 PM by Crystal_Eyes) |
| I know you've arrived before I hear the door. The slightest creak of the gate but also a sharpening of my senses in anticipation of your arrival. [more...]
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| 19 Aug 08 | Why more men should wear shiny thongs (6) | (19 Aug 08, 9:55 PM by altheegg) |
| Anthony Kiedis, or indeed *any* man wearing a thong as fucking hawt as the one he wears in this is welcome to stand over me and stroke his legs any day... [more...]
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| 2 Aug 08 | Lyrics and songs you love? (27) | (4 Aug 08, 11:32 AM by chatman77) |
| One of mine - [more...]
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| 30 Jul 08 | Unpleasant misogyny? (7) | (31 Jul 08, 4:08 PM by Max_Muesli) |
| Is it really necessary to refer to women as "supremacist cunts" in a weblog? Especially one to which the author doesn't even have the balls to allow replies? [more...]
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| 23 Jul 08 | What a difference three years makes... (11) | (24 Jul 08, 10:28 AM by shit_sub) |
| 22nd July 2005: spirifer on the train to Clapham Junction, to meet the tall, err, white-haired, handsome (well, he looks OK in the photos) Topman1. [more...]
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| 26 Jun 08 | Ofra Haza (3) | (28 Jun 08, 3:48 AM by ValKyrie) |
| Since reading yesterday that Ofra Haza had died so tragically young, I haven't been able to get Im Nin'Alu out of my mind. [more...]
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| 24 May 08 | Cobwebs in my fanny... (4) | (26 May 08, 9:33 AM by Ariane) |
Made you look, didn't it?  [more...]
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| 17 May 08 | Fuck fuck fuck fuck (2) | (18 May 08, 2:48 PM by Topman1) |
| Fuck fuck fuck fuck. [more...]
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| 11 Apr 08 | How to blog? (10) | (12 Apr 08, 1:45 PM by spirifer) |
| I'm reminded of an, as usual, erudite blog of mq's a little while ago, in which he pondered how/whether to open oneself up to total strangers by blogging. [more...]
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| 8 Apr 08 | Monster (8) | (8 Apr 08, 7:40 PM by rehtael_ni_dal) |
| Did anyone else see this film last night? I've often seen films that I've enjoyed, or admired, or thought a particular actor gave an outstanding performance, but Monster just blew me away. [more...]
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| 6 Apr 08 | SNOW!! (9) | (7 Apr 08, 2:08 AM by trumzi) |
| We've woken up to a winter wonderland! Thick snow everywhere, and it's still snowing! [more...]
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