Sod that, Royal Societies

Unsourced, but who cares: [Iain Sinclair] was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2009.[4] Sinclair commented: “I have always admired the RSPCA. They do a lot of good work.” Has a Spanish author ever turned down an invite to one of our innumerable kleptocratfests?

J’suis pas Cecil

Statement issued on behalf of the descendants of the Indian workers on the Uganda Railway.

The Tsavo maneaters.

Blackberry season

Through the hunting ground of this fortnight’s rapist, past the well-attended shrine to yesterday’s drowning victim (would you get into a weed-ridden canal to help someone clearly not in his right mind?), and past the nearby park as one drunk pummelled another into unconsciousness (Mr Blobby policemen pretending to run): all of this carrying a…

Taxation

Political laughing chorus on the air from Der Freischütz.