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In Britain, last week’s newspapers were full of stories about the number of people on incapacity benefit and other welfare payments. The subtext was that many people on benefits are actually able to do some […]
In Britain, last week’s newspapers were full of stories about the number of people on incapacity benefit and other welfare payments. The subtext was that many people on benefits are actually able to do some […]
I have been struggling for a while with collecting all the data necessary for this blog, so this is me giving up and admitting I do not have it all. But what I do have […]
Recently I have been accosted by a glut of radio adverts encouraging me to call the “anti-terror hotline” if I see anything suspicious. Anything suspicious? According to the ad, suspicious activity includes people taking photos […]
This is a true story, and it happened in a telecommunications company. It happened to me some time ago. My head still hurts when I think about it. A secretary sends out one of those […]
Brit film “Atonement” may have disappointed with its meagre haul from the Oscars, but I think I know one good reason why. There is something deeply creepy about the movie, in a Freudian kind of […]
Good mate Guy Dickinson posed an interesting question the other day. Or rather, he repeated a quote that purports to be a fact, and asked me to discuss it. The quote was: “Radio’s really big […]
In the 1960’s and 70’s Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner performed a series of comedy interviews, often ad-libbed, with Mel playing the part of a 2000 year old man. In one interview, Reiner asks which […]
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