This is the future foreseen by Kurt Vonnegut Jr in Player Piano (1952). Nation states have withered away while megacorps fight endless wars. Most proles are unemployed and living on minimal benefits,… (View Post)

As we're talking about Larkin and not railways (for a change), here's a photo I took on Coventry station a few years ago, when return to the Premier League seemed a forlorn hope: (View Post)

The 'details' have never changed. Iran can have peace if: They stop developing an atom bomb; They stop funding Hamas and Hezbollah; They stop fantasising about wiping Isreal off the map; Th… (View Post)

Or that closely related condition, Hillbilly Allergy. (View Post)

Here's a photo of the first Severn Bridge when it was almost complete but not yet open. Bob Dylan and his minder are patiently waiting in their roller for the Aust Ferry to take them to a gig in… (View Post)