Laura and I went to see the new London revival (ah – an oxymoron) of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat last Friday. It was the Children in Need gala performance, with all ticket proceeds going to charity – it was also the only show before February that still had tickets…
It was pretty awesome (Lee [...]
There are lots of things I dislike about the London 2012 Olympics. I’m really not going to get started on them here. But today, apparently, Seb Coe and his minions reached another low: they launched the new “brand” for the games:
The shapes are really the numbers 2012. Do you see? Must have taken a whole [...]
Ski down the escalators, save yourself literally seconds…
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Kids, don’t try [...]
Yesterday I toddled off on a jaunty saunter down to London (well, it would have been even jollier if Midland Mainline were able to display even the slightest hint of competence).
As always (just ‘cos it’s something I always do), I headed off to Waterstone’s Picadilly. And who should follow me through the front doors? None [...]
What on Earth do these people think they are going to achieve?
London has been through a lot over the past few decades.
The Luftwaffe didn’t succeed.
The IRA hasn’t succeeded (yet).
What response do they honestly expect to get? If anything, I’d say that the fact that they felt the need to have a second go shows that [...]