I was once arrested by Oxford police. Someone had broken into a butcher's shop on Iffley Road. "Couldn't have been me," I trilled "I'm a vegetarian." "They wer… (View Post)

This is true. I am an old hippy, not an old contemptible. Old people also change from one generation to the next. (View Post)

There must be a huge row going on behind the scenes over the date of the funeral. A bank holiday has been declared which rules out Saturday. The for-gods-sake-get-it-over-with party are presumably ca… (View Post)

Common Hangman Of Middlesex sounds like one of those antique ministerial positions, like Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster or Lord Privy Seal, generally reserved for the party chairman. (View Post)

Have to say, "televised for the first time ever" is a minor distinction, given the last one was in 1952. I can't imagine how the next one will be "shared" but I suspect realt… (View Post)