July 2015 – Leeds's Singing Organ-Grinder

Greetings to the Clapton Ultras

… with thanks for splendid advice on bat guano and chilli cultivation.

Galdós on Podemos

Almost re Pablo Iglesias’ support for austerity in Greece: El pueblo, aquí como en el resto de España, rarísima vez ha sido vengativo en las conmociones puramentes políticas. Se ha contentado con un cambio infantil de los nombres y símbolos de las cosas, así como los primates apenas han sabido otra cosas que erigir nuevas…

The sad decline of hereinbefore

English-speaking lawyers getting all progressive ca. 1860?

Am I a phobicphobic?

I mean, coulrophobia, fack off. Anyway, the etymology has nothing to do with clowns: it’s a disproportionate fear of Andy Coulson.

Elegía definitiva a Grexorbitante / Definitive elegy to Grexorbitant

Lenny Kravitz, “It ain’t over till it’s over,” specially adapted for my good friend Mariano Rajoy.

Are you sure that parrot's alive? / ¿Seguro que está vivo el loro?

Spain and the UK BOTH creating more new jobs than the rest of Europe put together

My brain hurts: Pablo Casado: “Dos de cada tres empleos en Europa se crean en España” David Cameron: “We’re creating more jobs here than the rest of Europe put together.”

How many of your friends are investigados?

Shamefully I’m only on three at the moment, but quite a lot more are expected over the next couple of months. Hint: only a loser or a liar knows none.

The real crisis

Vox populi, Waltham Abbey: So who cares if Greece leaves the Eurofuckingvision Song Contest? The Essex ~travellers were out in force with two-year-olds and what I’d call light gigs. Baldie Pevsner slagged off the C19th renovation of the abbey church, but it’s actually wonderful. The mural in the Lady Chapel reminded me of the SW…

A sad loss

I was a big fan of Ray Girvan.

Month: July 2015