Something weird occured to me whilst I was watching Eurovision last night. The high camp and outright smut seemed to have been toned down quite a lot in the songs themselves. At stages I did think an… (View Post)

Moby bloody Dick though. The biggest so what book ever. And I know it's a syllabus book. But the absence of To Kill A Mocking Bird. Seriously! (View Post)

Just done a rundown and discussed the list with my daughter and wife who, it's a girl thing, chewed the fat over week over a dozen, where as I am done with Catch-22, Dracula (read to kids on a h… (View Post)

Getting ahead of myself a bit, here are the full 2026 council election figures for the whole of Greater Manchester: Reform 257k, 30.7% Labour 198k, 23.6% Green 160k, 19.1% Conservative 85k, 10.2% LD … (View Post)

The click through to the detailed results is very interesting and for the most part fairly written up, though possibly with some over interpretation in places. There are concerning and encouraging as… (View Post)