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Elastica by Elastica. A lot of things are great at the time, but a bit shit and/or embarrassing when viewed with the benefit of sober hindsi...

I know it proves nothing, and the laws of probability say it will happen every so often, but still, it's a bit irritating. You shell out...

Just another observation along the lines of my earlier post about the phrase " different class " and associated stuff - when did ...

So you're (like me) old enough to have a substantial collection of vinyl LPs, and you're not crazy about the idea of re-purchasing a...

Right, listen up. Obviously pretty much everyone's experiences of Christmas are very similar, at least in this country. Those who dwell ...

Desire by Bob Dylan. A bit of an anomaly in the Dylan canon, this, for a number of reasons. Most of the songs were co-written (unusually for...

You can tell it's Christmas by the number of religious-themed stories in today's paper, some of which are quite amusing. Here's ...

Spanking Watson by Kinky Friedman. Kinky Friedman is what you might call a man of many talents: singer with Kinky Friedman and the Texas J...

Good to see Ian Stewart back running around and gurning Scottishly into the camera at unnecessarily close range on BBC2 in Earth: The Powe...

A veritable mountain of washing-up to be done today, plus a stew to cook, so I had a bit of time to fill, hence three - count 'em! - alb...

Here's my latest purchase from the fantastic Kin Yip Hon Oriental supermarket: a great big jar of pink pickled ginger. This stuff tends...

The 27th Kingdom by Alice Thomas Ellis. Aunt Irene, a middle-aged lady of Slavic ancestry, lives in Chelsea with her dissolute nephew Kyril...

I'm going out on a limb a little bit here - probable next England football coach Fabio Capello and restaurateur (and now TV presenter ...

A couple of interesting articles from the good people at Language Log (link on sidebar on the right): firstly, continuing the general spoils...

Did you know Barry Norman had his own brand of pickled onions ? Well, it's true. An old family recipe , apparently. Nice to see the jar...

If, God forbid, you're a Republican and looking for a suitable candidate to throw your weight behind in the 2008 US Presidential electio...

A few pithy, or possibly pissy, quotes to liven up your lives and stimulate the cerebral muscles. Health warning attached: these are shots i...

Arcadia by Jim Crace. Aha! You see the fiendish genius of my master plan? See how I snap my fingers and the world rearranges itself impercep...

Here's a little linguistic oddity for you: when did the phrase "different class" become an adjective in its own right, as if i...

I beg your indulgence for another strange transgeneric synaptic brainflash ; don't worry, I'll keep it brief. There's an articl...