Monthly Archives: July 2016

This opinion piece on facts contains no facts. I am annoyed that my middle aged onset ire has come from a seemingly decaying political system. How lucky the generation were before me, they could be furious at the young people … Continue reading →

I am at the airport, waiting for Professor Brian Cox. He won’t be here for another two hours. This is one of the differences between us. He moves through life like the Cadbury’s Caramel bunny, I rear up in terror … Continue reading →

Written while my son was distracting me with things he’d built in Minecraft, so expect strange spelling. Our latest Infinite Monkey Cage podcast is about Frankenstein. It is 200 years since the teenager Mary Godwin (Shelley) imagined the story of … Continue reading →

This is a brief trepanning blog post, just to get my pent up fury out of the way. It’ll be packed with errors. I am writing it for medicinal reasons. Having dropped off my son at school, I was walking … Continue reading →

It is getting much harder to leave the house. After so many years of touring, i find my attic room a cosy place to hide. It has been a year since my supposed retreat from stand up, and despite what … Continue reading →