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Good evening. I have been unable to create havoc as Virgin Broadband has been down for a few hours and is only just back up. Just think yourselves lucky!!!!!

Well he led us in rather successfully judging by the figures... I can't wait me...

Imbleach Trump!!

I haven't even seen the band!!

While we're on the subject.. What's your worst book? A few years ago I set out to try to read some of the many 'classics' I'd missed along the way. I made the mistake of starting with Moby Dick. Ye Gods!! what an excruciating exercise in tedium.. pointless speculation and sheer, mindnumbing descriptions of nothing happening.. frequently. I finished it out of sheer spite.. but never again.. Next worse for me would be Marcus Clarke's 'For The Term of His Natural Life'.. which was imposed on me for O Level. What were they thinking? Truly dire.

I like both.. and for me the Elgar Cello Concerto is stunning. Of course, the jingoistic associations of his various 'Pomp and Circumstance' marches are a bit off putting to my political sensibilities, but I still enjoy them just as good tunes. And of course 'Nimrod' is just one of the numerous variations which make up the 'Enigma'.. which I also enjoy.

Those idiots clearly value their distorted and frankly pig ignorant notion of 'freedom', over the lives of themselves and their neighbours.

Of course. Anyone who questions, challenges or describes the failings of, the status quo will be portrayed as 'dangerous' by those who stand to see their privelege, power and wealth trimmed a bit. Like him or loathe him.. Corbyn was the latest victim of such simplistic propaganda.

He was a futurist.. in that he tried to imagine what might happen if things continued as dictated by the status quo. He forsaw many aspects of what would happen in future conflicts. He was also a Utopian.. who tried to imagine 'perfect' socities. It's a noble tradition in which he was preceded by Plato, Rousseau and many others. Of course for him, perfect would mean anything but a dictatorship or monarchy, however benevolent. And for most of his life the UK didn't even have universal suffrage. I'd encourage you to read 'Men Like Gods', which not only describes an alternative reality, but w

I quite enjoyed Shakespeare in school. Working through his often almost incomprehensible verbiage was almost like learning a foreign language. I think it's a bit churlish to criticise his style. It was predominantly the style of his day, just as Chaucer's was of his.. etc. I'm certainly no expert, but when you get the 'rhythm' of his stuff.. it helps... as does knowing the 'gist' oof the play beforehand.. And yes.. he certainly took on the big issues. I like Dickens too. But again.. Dickens wrote at a time when, apart from the theatre. .the only mass medium was the w

Brew, 'plausible' is one of those words which has many senses. The closest one to my intention is the first, which I've made bold. He actually discussed a plan for testing and tracing etc. which made sense to me.. but of course still has to be delivered.

Nonna, I sincerely hope your Mum remains 'asymptomatic'.

Surely the volunteers will be checked to see if they have developed antibodies?

Hi Stav. As I understand it vaccines in general work by using either a 'killed' virus, or some component of it.. which cannot cause the disease, to provoke the body into producing antibodies which will protect you if you encounter the live virus. Again... as I understand it... the new UK trial involves taking the 'spikey' bits from the CV and adding them to a harmless virus, which is then injected. The body will hopefully learn to recognise the 'spikey bit' and develop antibodies to it, which will hopefully stop the actual virus from infecting you.

Meanwhile.. Loppy, if I were you I'd keep my head down for the forseeable. It seems your state governor has decided to allow many businesses to 'open up' in the next day or so. These to include Hairdressers, Tattoo Parlours, assorted 'beauty parlours' etc. Even that moron Trump has expressed his displeasure. Your leaders seem determined to sacrifice many of you on the altar of the Great God Profit. Stay safe.

You misunderstood. I'm well aware of her status. However, I was very struck earlier on when she clearly signalled (possibly somewhat grudging) agreement with the short-lived and disastrous abandonment of testing and, effectively a 'herd immunity' approach. I wonder if we'll ever know how much influence the execrable Cummings had on that. It's me parodying a 'politician's answer'. But I was doing so with serious intent because we have been treated to that sort of evasive rubbish for weeks. That is why I am so angry. They have stalled, waffled, floundered, misinformed etc.. w

When I first moved here, one of the Docs at the local practice did Vasectomies privately. He was rumoured to perform them on his kitchen table... though whether he used kitchen implements is not recorded. There were four Docs. One was from a local dynasty of Docs going back generations.. though he's more interested in keeping livestock and still lives on a nearby farm though long retired. Anyway. Each had their own foibles. The 'Vasectomist' greeted each symptom with " I get that... wonder what it is?" The Farmer usually said: "What do you expect? You're

Sounds positively primitive to me..... I have a much more extensively equipped room which I shall call my Library/Audio Visual Entertainment Room/Reception Room/ Sitting Room/Drinking Room/Dozing Room. For short, I think I shall call it my Living Room.

I have many books on Fungi. One quotes some really useful advice from some Medieval Know All: "There be two kinds of Musherons..Them that maketh good meat.... and them that be dedly" So that's OK then....

Phil, there are several thousand species of Mushrooms /Fungi in this country. The vast majority are harmless but inedible because they don't taste nice, are too tough, too bitter or whatever. Others are toxic or sometimes hallucinogenic, but not deadly. Then there are a much smaller number of edible fungi, or 'esculents'. General advice even with these is to be cautious, as some people have allergic reactions even though the species is not actually toxic. Among edibles, the 'Field Mushroom' and it's close relatives are maybe most popular.. but also pretty easy to get

Today is by tradition the day that St George's Mushroom (Calocybe Gambosa) appears in the UK. One of few mushrooms to appear this early and even fewer to be good eating. It is edible and rather good. However, to the uninitiated it is also superficially similar to Amanita Verna the Spring Amanita.. which is deadly. Lets be careful out there!!! Col

I thought Harries was Ok for a while.. but she has fallen in my estimation recently. There are three possible answers to any question: 1. "The answer to your question is this, because this.." 2. " I/We don't know" 3. " Well what is really important here is that what you should actually be asking me is how many widgets we have delivered compared to how many you think we should have delivered or how many the Hospitals actually say we have delivered although we have actually delivered millions. or even zillions.. so yes.. it's challenging.. but we are meeting t

I'd say sensible people will think that way Kev.. but the reality seems to be that we still have idiots who are ignoring all the rules and carrying on as if nothing is happening. While their attitude persists, outbreaks will continue until the population are all immune, or dead.

SG, I can only agree. She comes across as an archetypal Govt. apologist and really has nothing worthwhile to contribute. Don't forget. it was she who announced 'Herd Immunity' and the abandonment of testing.... I'm still rankling that I was accused of 'panicking' when this thing first hit. .. A bit more 'panic' from all quarters might have saved a few thousand lives... The first people who should have taken this seriously were our Govt... yet they have utterly failed on so many levels. They STILL have not apologised for getting the early stages so wrong.

I simply couldn't comment on the Co-op school uniforms for other than High Pavement.. But.... the HP jacket from the approved retailer.. (Was it D&P?).. retained its rich deep brown colour. Sadly the Co-op version rapidly deteriorated to a lighter.. almost rusty colour. I always felt a bit sorry for the lads who wore the Co-op version. And yes.. I'm a great fan of co-operatives in general.