Lupita Nyong’o
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WTF Font Special
Hallo Readers, In Sean O’Casey’s wonderful Juno and the Paycock, Captain Boyle remarks ‘the world is in a terrible state o’chassis’. That was written in 1924, set in a traumatised post-independence Dublin. Captain Boyle’s analysis is no less accurate one… Continue reading
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WTF Dick Pic Special
Hallo Readers, Welcome to another addition of ‘ven der schmekl steht, der sechel geht’ the fine old Yiddish expression that roughly translates as ‘when your prick goes hard, common sense flies out of the window’. This week’s sorry victim is… Continue reading
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WTF Deranged Special
Hallo Readers, The former Prime Minister knowingly lied to the House of Commons, including lying about lying. He then lied to the Parliamentary Privileges Committee about whether he had lied to the House of Commons, including lying about lying. On… Continue reading
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WTF Kangaroo Bits Special
Hallo Readers, Rishi Sunak has completed his second week as PM. It is confusing trying to keep up, and perhaps he should be referred to in terms of his predecessors to put everything in context, like Elkanah in the story… Continue reading
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WTF I Don’t Love Lucy Special
Hallo Readers, Last week’s splenetic post on Telford MP Lucy Allan had an enormous number of hits, and no wonder. Readers were aghast that an elected MP can, on the face of it, post a death threat from Constituent A,… Continue reading
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WTF Back of the Net Special
Hallo Readers Last week’s It’s Got To Go called for the World Cup 2022 to be taken away from Qatar on the grounds that (i) 500 migrant workers have died building the stadiums (ii) it is corrupt (iii) it is hot and (iv)… Continue reading
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WTF Mega-Bumper Yurgle Special
Hallo Readers, This week saw another chapter in the saga of the ex-Cabinet Minister, his Economist Ex-Wife and one of Britain’s first black judges, all of whom were incarcerated for perverting the course of justice. Chris Huhne, a sneering, supercilious little… Continue reading