It's so easy to laugh It's so easy to hate It takes guts to be gentle and kind ("I Know It's Over", Morrissey/Marr) ...thou shalt love one another (Matthew 22:39, King James Bible) "The fat one is repulsive" "Go kill yourself" "Fat singing whale" (Anonymous, Twitter) Let's start with this; the world is full [...]
A thing of beauty is a joy forever: Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keep A bower quiet for us; and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing. (Endymion, John Keats, 1818) I feel like a cigarette. I don't smoke. I've never smoked. I don't [...]
"Rejoice greatly, O sons and daughters of the Parka King, O children of the madferit, behold thy King come unto thee: he is just and brings rock 'n' roll salvation; lowly and riding under his own steam..." Why him? Because nobody, and I do mean nobody, does it any better. Why not? Exactly. Let's forget [...]
This is the sound of youth. Frantic. Frenetic. Furious. Frenzied. Fast. Flirtatious. Fabulous. I know. You are just like me and your youth was rarely, if ever, any of those things...at least not for any extended period of time. In truth my own adolescence was a messy blend of acne, angst, anxiety and self-loathing. These [...]
Back in 1983 when the only things we had to worry about were the Falklands War, the terminal decline of our traditional industrial heartlands, mass unemployment, riots, police brutality and a Conservative government Hell bent on giving a helping hand to the people who least need a helping hand, a band made up of two [...]
Someone I follow on Twitter shared this a few moments ago; What is contained in this piece of writing was, simultaneously, hilarious, incredible and terrifying. Let's break it down. These days, many women walk around playing with a smartphone or tablet device and are often wearing headphones and listening to music at the same time. [...]
Norman Rockwell. An artist who was, in his lifetime, dismissed by "serious" critics. His willingness to produce work for the mass market, including for the likes of Coca-Cola saw him treated with a barely concealed contempt by the people who matter...or who like to tell others how much they matter. Kenneth Williams once shared a [...]
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