I have just finished reading Christopher Brookmyre’s new book The Atttack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks and what a book it is. The book is dedicated to James Randi and Richard Dawkins, which for many will be recommendation enough. As a firm fan of Brookmyre and especially his character Jack Parlabane, the cat-burgling crime reporter […]
Entries from August 30th, 2007
Tying the police up in red tape
August 29th, 2007 · Comments Off on Tying the police up in red tape · Politics
Over at the Ministry of Truth, Unity has some typically interesting things to say about the Tories’ “mini manifesto” on crime. Its a short (for him) post about that old chestnut – the way the police are being hampered by supposedly spending more time filling in forms than pounding the beat. Some very good points […]
Headlines
August 29th, 2007 · Comments Off on Headlines · Life
Crawley Observer, 29/8/7, page 5 Gatwick ‘not for sale’ Crawley News, 29/8/7, page 2 Gatwick Airport ‘to be sold within a year’ If its in the papers it must be true…
Tags: Aviation·Gatwick·Local Papers
I must go down to the sea again…
August 28th, 2007 · Comments Off on I must go down to the sea again… · Life
From a story in the Argus, headlined ‘Alarm over sea ban lady’: Emergency services are on alert after a woman who has sparked 56 sea rescues costing £1 million moved to Sussex – next to a reservoir. What could possibly go wrong?
Tags: Newspapers·WTF
Dyer Straits
August 28th, 2007 · Comments Off on Dyer Straits · Life
How can something be simultaneously unbelievable and totally inevitable? Kieron Dyer managed to last a whole 12 days in claret & blue before getting carried off with a suspected broken leg. Bloody typical, but at least we now know why West Ham have a 350-strong squad these days.
Liverpool
August 28th, 2007 · Comments Off on Liverpool · Life
Normally I am very cynical about displays of mass sentimentality and mawkishness, but I thought the events before tonight’s Liverpool game were genuinely touching, with the Kop putting the city above traditional rivalries. I really think that Liverpool supporters are just about the best in the country – apart from the massed eastenders and Essex […]
Tags: Football
Sold out
August 28th, 2007 · Comments Off on Sold out · Music
I really should have moved faster getting tickets for Manu Chao in Brixton. I went to get tickets for Friday October 5th tonight and it has sold out, along with the 4th October show. Fortunately a new date has been added on October 2nd so I ordered tickets straight away before that sells out too. […]
Halal
August 28th, 2007 · Comments Off on Halal · Life, Work
Today I learned a little bit about halal. Specifically I learned about something which I hadn’t even considered before. Even those of us who don’t know a lot about halal know that it involves animals being slaughtered for food in a particular way. But with muslim countries now being in some cases as removed from […]
Mmmm… Starters
August 28th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Life
I love eating out. Let’s face it, I just like eating, but I really enjoy eating out, but recently I realised something about my preferences: what I really like about eating out (or takeaways) is starters. All my favourite dishes are either starters, extras or side-orders. I think I would be perfectly happy to go […]
Tags: Food
Chart Throb
August 27th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Life
I have just finished reading Ben Elton’s book Chart Throb. While I enjoyed it, I am sure I was missing out. It is supposed to be a satire on all those Pop Idol/X-Factor sort of television programmes, but as I haven’t actually watched any of them I couldn’t really say if it works as a […]
