Monthly Archives: June 2013

Though I have been seeing Twitters from people at Glastonbury since February today is actually the start of the (almost) annual arts festival. As ever I will be partaking via the BBC’s excellent coverage. Well I say excellent coverage, the … Continue reading →

We often have conversations at work based around “what’s you favourite …….song”. They’re often started by @jimi10ant. We have a right laugh with some of our answers. One such conversation was about one-hit wonders. We mainly talked about one hit … Continue reading →

Is the heading ‘Polite Notice’ really ever needed? Surely a polite notice is defined by its content. If the below notice didn’t have the underlined heading ‘Polite Notice’ would it be confusing people? Would people be looking for the grid … Continue reading →

Yesterday morning the ‘top blokes’ on XFM were already having a go at Andy Murray for being miserable. Ah yes, the magical spirit of Wimbledon has begun. What is it about unimaginative presenters of breakfast radio that means that unless … Continue reading →

“Are you one of the millions of people around the world who believes in Angels?” asks Gloria Hunniford at the start of Angels which I stumbled upon this morning while looking for something to delay going to work. To describe Angels … Continue reading →

There has been more than a smattering of people – I have seen it said, I’m not just making it up to have something to say – wondering why someone who has done some child molesting of several young people … Continue reading →

Do people who work at courts occasionally utter the phrase “the jury is still out on this one” about just a trial that is just happening? There must be some kind of ledger of the results of the matches at … Continue reading →

Another unnecessarily pedantic analysis of a note   We have a subject field: noise. At least people have an overview. The deaf, perhaps, could choose this stage to discontinue their reading. For deaf people reading about noise must be somewhat cruel – … Continue reading →