Archive | Europe
RSS for this section
Habeas corpus. Monty Python’s Dead Parrot sketch is often invoked when cracking legal nuts.
Ward Branch is the latest Judge to quote the sketch while okaying a case against a misleading product.
Unhenged. “Tunnel the road underneath. Of course!”
“What could possibly go wrong?”
Having visited Downing Street on the eve of ‘Freedom day’, the Health Minister,Sajid Javid announces he has been tested positive for the Delta virus.
Boris should quarantine: there goes the visit to the pub.
“Strong leadership is the yeast that lifts the mattress of dough, the magic sauce, the ketchup of catch-up.”
“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” Churchill.
The sugared words of abandonment.
The inadequacy of shock and awe.
Louis Andriessen,1939-1st July,2021. Outstanding composer.
The most influential Dutch composer of his generation.
A Kiss on which a scandal dangles..
The Health Minister undone by transgressing Social Distancing rules, Matt Hancock, is chastised by Caroline Slocock, ex private secretary to Margaret Thatcher.,
Anna Shuttlesworth,cellist, 1927-2nd march 2021,
Fine cellist, extraordinary teacher, inspiring mentor.
Twice cooked. Slump in cookie sales and girl guide membership
” Fifteen million boxes unsold, you eat those cookies.”
Joe and Vladimir face off.
Hung, Drawn and Cultured 