I have been clearing out the huge pile of old newspapers for recycling, and having a quick look through them before throwing them out. In an old copy of the Crawley News I found a story which annoyed me at the time (May 30th) but for some reason I never actually wrote anything about it. […]
Entries from June 25th, 2007
Broadfield Community Centre
June 25th, 2007 · Comments Off on Broadfield Community Centre · Politics
UK: under new management
June 24th, 2007 · 6 Comments · Politics
I don't normally watch political conferences and speeches but today I had the good fortune to tune into the BBC News channel at the precise moment the Deputy Leader was announced and I was then drawn into it, staying hooked through Harriet Harman's speech and Blair's farewell to the party, right the way through to […]
Tags: Labour Party
Ringers
June 23rd, 2007 · Comments Off on Ringers · Life
The story about driving test fraud today explains a lot. How many times do you see examples of total fuckwittery on the roads and ask yourself “how did they ever manage to pass a test”? I had just assumed that some lucky drivers had got their licence free with a box of cornflakes, but it […]
Another gimmicky photo technique
June 22nd, 2007 · Comments Off on Another gimmicky photo technique · Life
With the way that digital cameras are now so cheap, and access to Photoshop or simialr packages is so easy, there has been a real explosion in gimmicky photographic techniques as effects previously only feasible for professionals with expensive equipment can now be done by just about anyone. These things spread like a rash. One […]
Taxing issues
June 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment · Life
A couple of weeks ago our street was visited by officers of the law who clamped several untaxed cars. One was released a few hours later after some negotiation about whether the bit of road it was on is actually public highway (a small part of our road is officially unadopted and the car was […]
Election fever
June 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment · Life
At election time I always get a little nostalgic for the days when it used to seem like every other house had a poster up in the window. In recent years it has been a major event to see just one poster during local election time. So I am not sure if it is ironic, […]
Icky Thump
June 20th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Music
I have really lucked out with eMusic this month – with two albums available for download on the day of release and all DRM-free. The first was Paul McCartney, and yesterday I downloaded the White Stripes’ new album Icky Thump.
Tags: Shopping
You keep me hanging on
June 19th, 2007 · Comments Off on You keep me hanging on · Life
The two-day appeal/tribunal/sop-to-Sheffield United finished today, but it turns out we have to wait anything up to two weeks for the result. West Ham’s official position is: West Ham were not and are not a party to the arbitration and our standing as a Premier League club is not in doubt as a result of […]
Deathless prose
June 19th, 2007 · 26 Comments · Politics
Back in May, at the Broadfield Forum, a letter was read out to general hilarity. The letter was from somebody at the Highways Agency in response to questions about the phasing of the traffic lights outside the K2 leisure centre. I now have a copy of the text of that letter and it seems a […]
Moffat on a roll
June 18th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Life
This evening I took advantage of Virgin Media’s catchily-titled ‘catch up on demand’ feature and watched yesterday’s first episode of the new drama series Jeckyll. I wasn’t expecting too much from it, but it started strongly and then when “written by Steven Moffat” appeared on the opening credits I suspected it was going to be […]
Tags: TV
