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• Waiting for the Second European Shoe to Hit the Floor!

  Is he cleverer than a really clever thing, that Mario Draghi, chairman of the European Central Bank (ECB), or is he just too clever by half? Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2013 SOCIETY

• Shakespeare on Love

  Slightly nerve-wracking evening yesterday when I delivered one of my Shakespeare talks to some of my fellow members at my theatre group. Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Chop Suey 'n' Grits - Too, Too Delicious!

  So 'Comrade' Xi Jinping meets 'Brother' Obama, an example, perhaps, of the inscrutable facing the screwable! What, I sometimes wonder, have we done, both 'over... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2013 SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funny: 10.6.13

  No time for long intros, I'm off to London again for the day. Suffice only to say, "Hail to thee, Caesar", er, that's Sid Caesar, actually! Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Sunday Rumble: 9.6.13

  If you have nails, prepare to bite them now: For the last two days the new Chinese president has been in talks with Obama who has been supported in these... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• It's Not What They Listen to but What They Do with It

  I am perplexed - so what's new? - by the furore over security agencies collecting what amounts to several landfill sites of electronic data as a means of... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Get Fell In, You 'orrible Lot!

  News today of a government initiative - oh for God's sake, come out and stop hiding! I know what you mean but this one's fairly harmless. Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Why is America So Damned Confusing?

  I ask because I was on the point of adding yet another 'MD?' (My Darling whoever) to the increasingly long list of lovely political ladies who have graced... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Let's Hear It for Eddie, Oops, Sorry, Ellen Sturtz

  

  This is him, I mean, her, he's she's the one on the left with the short back and sides, and her name is Ellen Sturtz and she is an activist with a homosexual... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Super-duper Sidmouth!

  Of course, blazing sunshine makes almost anywhere look attractive but actually Sidmouth was a tiny delight. Not the least of its attractions is that it made me... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Off to Sodding Sidmouth

  

  Actually, I am assured that Sidmouth is far from 'sodding' and that it is, in fact, a seaside town of great charm and some antiquity. Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Another Socialist Tablet of Stone Crumbles to Dust

  

  No, no, not him, I only put his picture there to give you all fright! What I wished to comment upon was the fact that one Ed has obviously just snookered anothe... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funny: 3.6.13

  Before I give you my Andra's joke of the week let me tell you what a fantastic early morning I have enjoyed today. Glorious sunshine, not a cloud in the sky, a... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Sunday Rumble: 2.6.13

  'The Americans' is crap! And before DM gives me a hundred lines for bad grammar please note that 'The Americans' is a title for a new TV series based on the... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Thinking Or Grunting, Which Came First?

  It's another of those coincidence things again. They keep happening to me. It must be a coincidence! Anyway, this one is the infinitely tricky subject of... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2013 SOCIETY

• Gregg Kreutz, Courtesy of Rogerh!

  

  Look, I know I told you yesterday that I was attempting to post on the subject of language but, alas, just at the moment I don't have, er, the words - or the... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• I Know, I Know, More Art but I'm Pushed for Time!

  

  Brazen and shamelss theft again! Guilty, m'Lud, but it's not my fault, I'm forced to it by circumstance. You see, today is laundry day, shopping day, garden... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Don't Cry for Me, Madam Kirchner!

  

  So, here we go again, yet another Argentinian tango led by another corrupt, autocratic 'Gangster-in-Chief-for-Life' although to be honest Madame Dictator... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Tate Modern is Good for Something After All

  

  I have only visited the Tate Modern once because it's just up river from The Globe and I had time to kill before a show. I must say, it was the best laugh I hav... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• A Rite Old Riot!

  

  I am obliged to the BBC News Page for reminding me that today marks the 100th anniversary of the first performance of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. But, asks Iva... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2013 SOCIETY