Arts
Postcard from Lille, Part 45
We’re in a taxi. It is the middle of the night. There is myself, the driver, uncle Jesus from Bacolod and a hired, senior police officer who is pointing a gun at me. Uncle Jesus, [more…]
Blog
Hobbies
Crossword No. 99
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last week’s winner. 98 – Audrey’s daughter. Answers with next [more…]
Cooking
Store-cupboard essentials and techniques
Far be it for a GP author to ever admit defeat, but in this particular instance, I must bow to the inevitable, once the full extent of the challenge becomes clear. Grimy Miner, you know [more…]
Hobbies
On Killing Things
The Switzerland I knew in the 1980s was the other side of the country from Vaud, the remote canton of Graubünden (Grisons), home to German-, Italian- and Romansh-speaking farmers and villagers, where Alpine cattle were [more…]
Arts
Wankpuffin of the Year (WOTYs) 2019
Only 8094 votes were cast for Wankpuffin of the Year 2019; a sad reflection on the current state of Russian bot programming which produced 19,000 last year. Would have been 8095 but I forgot until [more…]
Mathematics
Upsetting people in the Festive Season
Lots of your friends might be very upset this Christmas, Boris has decisively won the election and consequently we are definitely leaving the EU. To make their day you can also explain about why they [more…]
Arts
Choons of the Season
Welcome. Pour yourself a drink, and enjoy. Me, I’m nursing a Boulevardier. It’s a strapped on Negroni : ditch the gin for bourbon. One ounce Bourbon, One ounce Sweet Vermouth, one ounce Campari, straight up or on [more…]
Economics
Andrew Bailey, a WWI General for a WWII Battle
We must be cautious how we welcome Andrew Bailey, Mark Carney was certainly the worst governor in post war history so CoCo the clown would look good initially. He has to date been what a [more…]
Book Review
Book Review: The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Identity and Race by Douglas Murray
Published by Bloomsbury Continuum, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (2019) ISBN 978-1-4729-5995-9 In the follow up to his book bestselling book The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam, Douglas Murray examines the matter of identity politics. [more…]