Kingsley Amis on Tony Benn and Enoch Powell

Here: I offered drinks. Someone asked for a gin and tonic. I turned to the cunt. “Same for you?” He reacted much as if I had said, “Glass of baby’s blood?” The Ali G interview is also great, whether you’re a fan of TB or not:

How to save the cinema industry

Most films are too slow and long, so play everything double speed (without transposing up an octave) and watch multiplex gate receipts soar. You won’t sell twice the popcorn, but refreshment consumption will rise as well because it is in part a function of plot structure. I watch a lot of films faster and with…

Bob Crow’s funeral

Reading the Daily Mail’s heartfelt tribute it’s clear that this must be no ordinary farewell – perhaps the railroad equivalent of a Norse ship burial, a blazing, gilded train speeding (or not) into a black hole, with an echo of Gerardo Diego’s Llanura: Hay un temblor de unisonos en la llanura estrellada de escondrijos Como…

What happens when your BlaBlaCar.com driver is a wanted criminal

Here. I’d been vaguely considering, because flying like a bird is not yet an option, and because trains booked less than 30 years in advance between the UK and Spain seemed to cost as much as a dog kennel in Hackney. But Deutsche Bahn, unlike the bloody French and Spanish, also shows you the cheaper…

Putin and Merkel’s secret deal

Sequestration of Russian assets abroad will (Putin) hit his political enemies (Merkel) cause real estate values on Passeig de Gracia & the rest of the littoral to plummet, helping Spain avoid another dumb property boom and pleasing members of CDU who are being priced out of the holiday penthouse market

Diálogo con un dragón

– ¡Qué cabeza de dragón más bonita que llevas! – ¡No es una cabeza de dragón, tonto! ¡Yo soy un dragón! ¡Si hablaras mejor castellano lo sabrías! El Arcángel Miguel y San Jorge lo tuvieron fácil. (Hay más video nuevo aquí, gracias a Little Storm.)

WTF

Over at JMG’s.