The Queen’s New Years Honour list has been announced. Of course like any right-minded person I have no time for a system of rewards that’s based on the patronage of an unelected head of state, but it’s interesting to see who has been found fit for the regal stamp of approval. In my opinion, the… Continue reading New Years Honours
Author: Dave Cross
Joe Strummer RIP
I spent all day today in an office with no internet access, so it was only when I got home that I found out that one of my musical heroes had died.
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Warning, I discuss major plot points from the film Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers below, but to be honest if you haven’t read the books then you’re no friend of mine and what are you doing reading my blog :) “The Two Towers” was always going to be a harder book to film… Continue reading Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Off With Her Head
Tony Blair may have joined the Maggie Thatcher fan club, but luckily the ideals of the Thatcher-hating 1980s lives on. Very soon after the Guildhall erected a statue of her, it was attacked and the head was broken off. The man who did it made no attempt to escape and used his trial as an… Continue reading Off With Her Head
The Vanishing Tories
The Guardian today has a front page with the headline Tories fall to lowest point for four years. They are saying that the Tory party’s popularity rating has fallen to 27% which is the lowest it’s been since 1998. Frankly I’m surprised it’s so high. The Tory party is falling apart. Since their defeat in… Continue reading The Vanishing Tories
Drinking (or, rather, Not Drinking)
One of the first entries I made here was about how I’d given up drinking. I’m still sticking to that many months later, so I found this article from today’s Observer very interesting.
Hare Kylie
Yesterday I was walking up Charing Cross Road when I passed a group of Hare Krishnas walking up the road chanting. Now I don’t know about you, but once I get their chant in my head it’s almost impossible to shift it. I can be chanting for hours unless immediate action is taken. On this… Continue reading Hare Kylie
Tony and Maggie
A report on the BBC site says that Maggie Thatcher has been praising Tony Blair again. When will he learn that being praised by the most evil person to ever sit in Parliament is a sure sign that you’re doing something fundamentally wrong.
Tubular Bells
Whilst I was in HMV yesterday, for some reason I noticed the Mike Oldfield section. It’s frightening that Oldfield is still pumping out the same music that he’s been producing for thirty-odd years but that doesn’t detract anything from the genius of Tubular Bells. This reminded me that it had been far too long since… Continue reading Tubular Bells
Pubs and Sports
I generally try to avoid being in pubs when sports are being shown, but this weekend I accidently found myself in a couple of pubs when there was some live sports event on a large TV screen. It was bizarre – and more than a little scary. Why do they shout at the screen like… Continue reading Pubs and Sports