5 Things That Caught Our Eye This Week – 8th April 2021
Spring is in the air and I can feel a real sense of renewal as lockdown ends for (hopefully!) the last time. When I walk through town I can see that shop staff are preparing
5 Things That Caught Our Eye This Week – 18th March 2021
It’s St Patrick Day again and everybody who has ever even heard a song of the Emerald Isle gets together to swap stories of Joyce, Beckett and Wilde whilst discussing the myths a
5 Things That Caught Our Eye This Week – 11th March 2021
We celebrated International Women’s day in England this week by watching a pregnant lady being roasted on social media, because she dared mention how sad she was. Every time I th
5 Things That Caught Our Eye This Week – 25th February 2021
The news that all kids were dreading was announced this week. To turn a phrase over from dear old Alice Cooper ‘SCHOOL’S NOT OUT ‘TIL SUMMER!’, or possibly not even then
5 Things That Caught Our Eye This – 18th February 2021
M‘I’ve been thinking about percentages a lot recently, yes I know neeeeeerrrrrrdddddd! When is 57% to 43% not enough to carry a vote? I’ll tell you when, it’s not enoug
5 Things That Caught Our Eye This – 11th February 2021
Much of England has been turned into arctic tundra this week. Well maybe that is a bit hyperbolic, I’m not suggesting there is permafrost developing, but I did see some Geordie�
5 Things That Caught Our Eye This Week – 4th February 2021
You know, sometimes this stuff writes itself? Matt Hancock has admitted that the government’s vaccine response was partly based on the Matt Damon film ‘Contagion’. What can y
5 Things That Caught Our Eye This Week – 28th January 2021
Who would have thought Bernie Sanders sitting in a chair would become such a viral sensation? I suppose it makes a change from getting angry about caged children, rampant misogyny,
5 Things That Caught Our Eye This Week – 21st January 2021
Well at the time of writing I can say that it is finally over, adults are back in charge of the nuclear codes, and Biden has been inaugurated. How could you possibly describe the l
5 Things That Caught Our Eye This Week – 15th January 2021
Well 2021 isn’t disappointing is it? In Britain, the government has shown us how not to eat well for less. Whilst in America, the Capitol building was ransacked by a ‘shaman’