The Alexander Technique – All That Glitters.

Hardworking family wummin shows off the fruits of her Labour
“The Scottish Nationalists are penalising hard working families” – Wendy Alexander at the Scottish Labour Conference this week.
Ah yes Wendy, “hard working families” was perhaps the most over used phrase of the2005 UK election campaign especially by you and your Labour colleagues. What does it [...]

Yet More Corpsing

The Best Yet?

And On The Subject of Politics

Fleet Of Worlds who is a fellow blogger with a liking for The Blue Nile, directs me to News Biscuit where I find not only this new publication,

but also, in the light of this weeks controversy on stem cell research, this:
Pope/Bear hybrid found in Vatican toilets
Scientists confirmed yesterday that the hairy creature found squatting [...]

Corpsing in the Commons!

I think I’ve got myself a theme!

Odd Book Titles

A self-help guide called “If You Want Closure In Your Relationship, Start With Your Legs” has been voted the oddest book title of the year. It beat off stiff competition from another entitled “I Was Tortured By the Pygmy Love Queen” to win The Bookseller magazine’s prize, reports the BBC.
“Cheese Problems Solved” took third place [...]

More Corpsing

Perhaps this 1969 performance by Elvis Presley will provide some comfort to Charlotte Green.

Radio Four Corpse

Charlotte Green is the normally staid and thoroughly professional broadcasting partner of James Naughtie on Radio Four’s Today programme. This morning she read a news item about the oldest surviving recording of the human voice made in 1860. Someone whispered to her that the recording sounded like a bumble bee in a jar. Listen to [...]

Today’s News

Take the Race Test

My friend Pat is a stand-up comedian and he definitely doesn’t do racist material. Last Saturday at the DFC dinner, Pat was appearing with John who is Burmese. Much of John’s act is self-deprecating humour which makes gentle fun at his own expense of being oriental. John said to Pat to make the comment “There’s [...]

Shawn Colvin – Sunny Came Home

This song has particular memories of a holiday we took in Ireland in 1998. The DJ/Broadcaster Gerry Anderson on BBC Radio Foyle (a Londonderry based station) was our listening choice whilst driving around the sights, like the Giant’s Causeway and Donegal, because he was hilariously funny. He also played this record every morning.
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