Sad and Beautiful

Edward Hopper and Claude Debussy

Did Ye Get Healed?

The grumpy old curmudgeon probably doesn’t want you to hear this. His solicitors usually get stuff taken down from Youtube. This survives meantime and ain’t it wunerful?

Red Meat

By Max Cannon

Two Days Without Football!

The World Cup, with a few exceptions, has really been a borefest. From a football purists’ point of view then really one has to hope for either Argentina or Brazil to lift the trophy. They are the two best teams without doubt and I don’t think it would be any surprise if they contested the [...]

Spycatchers

I used to love all those spy books and TV series. I remember reading the Peter Wright book Spycatcher which the Thatcher government tried to ban. Although the ban was successful in England for a while, the book was freely available in the rest of the world, including Scotland. Wright, along with fellow former agent [...]

Schoolboy Defending

Alan Hansen was very critical of the English back four after yesterday’s defeat by Germany. “Schoolboy errors” “pathetic” and “disorganised” were amongst his epithets of devotion to Messrs. Johnson, Terry, Upson and Cole. This is Alan Hansen in action for Scotland in the World Cup in 1982. Check out the Reeves and Mortimer style collision [...]

Go On! Improve Yourself!

I’ve found this great site called Dumb Little Man which deals in self improvement/life coaching/general good advice. To give you a flavour, one of the articles is Working Hard Is not Enough. Here’s 18 Ways to Work Smart. Another is How to Start a New Hobby Without Wasting Money or how about 9 Proven Ways [...]

South Africa – Three Lions Missing!

Reality Bites

It has been abundantly clear to all but the most fevered England supporters and those who occupy the rarefied atmosphere of the BBC and ITV studios that England were never going to win the world cup. Today’s game, the shocking refereeing decision at a crucial stage notwithstanding, was a one sided affair. England’s defence were [...]

England – New Tactics

I noticed that the commentary team today were trying out new tactics. Rather than mention 1966 directly there were oblique references – “England fans will be heartened to learn that they are wearing the red strip” and before the two minute mark, Bobby Moore and Bobby Charlton got a mention. The first direct mention of [...]