An opinion pollster toured the provinces, asking folk "which is England's second city?" In Brum they all said "Birmingham". In Mancs they all said "Manchester". In … (View Post)

Composing a cash-flow forecast in Visicalc on an Apple II was one of my early attempts at science fiction. (View Post)

I knew some guys with a music shop in Portobello Road. The bane of their lives were identikit rock legends who wandered in, strummed a bar or two on a 10-grand Les Paul, then asked them to send it to… (View Post)

In sharp contrast to ancient rockers like, for example, Bob Dylan, whose fans only want to hear the same familiar songs sung to the same familiar tunes and are invariably disappointed. (View Post)

Register office for Mrs Soup and me, followed by a slap-up lunch with our two witnesses. Lasted 40 years (and counting). (View Post)