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  • WTF Data Special

    Hallo Readers, Do you know who these two are? You should. They have a finger in all sorts of rightwing apple pies. They have the majority of shares in the cloaca that is Cambridge Analytica. They prop up the Alt-Right… Continue reading

  • WTF From Russia With Love Special

    Hallo Readers, As fans of Midsomer Murders can attest, living in an English idyll does not preclude murder and mayhem but no-one associated leafy Salisbury with attempted homicide until a fortnight ago, when a father and daughter were found in a bad… Continue reading

  • WTF Parade Special

    Hallo Readers, Think about a military parade. Think Kim Jong Un, fatly presiding over endless rows of anti-aircraft guns and goose-stepping soldiers, their kicks higher than the chorus line of the Folies Bergère. Think Mussolini and Hitler, shouting their heads off… Continue reading

  • WTF Summer Stinker Poll 2017

    Hallo Readers, What with the horrific events of last weekend and the General Election campaign, this is the time to cheer ourselves up with some inconsequential silliness. So no rant this week, no It’s Got To Go, just 20 fashion shockers… Continue reading

  • WTF Bandwagon Special

    Hallo Readers, After Manchester, some small things made you feel that humanity had not completely died at 10 30 pm on Monday. Doctors and nurses came into work whether they were supposed to be there or not whilst hotels and restaurants donated food.… Continue reading

  • The WTF Lies, Lies and More Lies Special

      Hallo Readers, Last Saturday at around 6 30 am, the President of the United States woke up, did whatever men of a certain age need to do when they wake up and then reached for his mobile phone, letting forth a series of… Continue reading

  • WTF Super-Mega-Gigantic Awards Special

    Hallo Readers, It has been the sort of week that made WTF want to poke out her eyes with chopsticks before setting about her ears with a rusty knife. Yes, losing one ear was good enough for Van Gogh but… Continue reading

  • WTF Robots Special

    Hallo Readers, WTF’s dad used to tell a joke about a man driving around rural Ireland, hopelessly lost. Eventually, he sees a farmer leaning on his fence and stops the car. “Excuse me”, he says, “I’m trying to get to Dublin.… Continue reading

  • WTF Trousers Special

    Hallo Readers, 2016 has brought us every sort of aberration and upset, from Brexit and the departure of David Cameron to the election of Donald Trump.  Boris Johnson is Foreign Secretary. Nigel Farage was touted as the future Ambassador to… Continue reading

  • WTF Entitlement Special

    Hallo Readers, The older ones amongst you will recall horrible crook Leona Helmsley. In the 1970’s and 1980’s, Helmsley, known as “The Queen of Mean”, was a property and hotel tycoon with a marked aversion to paying bills. This aversion also extended… Continue reading