Tributes have flooded in
I wonder if it was like this two thousand years ago. If it was, when Jesus died, Pontius Pilate would have appeared on Sky News moments after the cross was taken down and said “The world mourns today a...
View ArticleComedy is Rarely as Funny as When it Goes Wrong
Sometimes a comic will have a dream, in which they’re doing a show but not only is the audience not laughing, they’re looking at you with utter bewilderment, a mass of expressions proclaiming ‘what IS...
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CRANLEIGH
I’m sure everyone in the world is as ridiculously fascinated by the quirks of towns as I am, so here are the tales of my most recent journey around Britain. Because Captain Scott and Marco Polo may...
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Much Wenlock
MUCH WENLOCK It doesn’t matter how meticulously you travel round Britain, carefully picking off every single town, you’ll still to be sent to places that make you think ‘where the bloody hell’s that’?...
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IVYBRIDGE
Ivybridge is as aptly named a place as you’re likely to find in South Devon. Because its main bridge is covered in ivy. This displays an almost Germanic level of linguistic efficiency, as if Birmingham...
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DIDCOT
At first glance Didcot isn’t easy to love. In a way it’s Oxfordshire’s grubby neighbour, and you can imagine Abingdon pops round at the weekend to say “Would you mind popping down to Berkshire for...
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BANBURY
Here’s a town that’s an idyllic cocktail, of stunning Cotswold soothing stoniness, and yet reviled by much of Oxfordshire as its ‘chav’ town. It fuses its two images with attention to detail embodied...
View ArticleIsrael, you rascals
In recent years most of humanity has become proudly more tolerant of groups who once seemed to be on the margins of society. But until now it’s still been seen as acceptable to be offensive about one...
View ArticleMike Marqusee – It’s Not Just Cricket
We may all be unique, but few could be as unique as Mike Marqusee, who died last week, as it’s hard to argue that what the world has too many of is American socialist cricket fanatics. Usually...
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