An alternative take on the week's news
Watch this. Watch all of it. Watch the best two (which for some reason are at 3 and 4). Look at the skill and grace of number 4. Look at the savagery of the crossover in number 3. https://youtu.be/B373-l_XuwQ?t=87 I have watched that video a lot and I can't get past numbers 3 and 4.... Continue Reading →
Jamie Oliver has released something called "Punchy Jerk Rice" and there have been mainly two reactions: annoyance at cultural appropriation: https://twitter.com/DawnButlerBrent/status/1030741609984548864 And a reaction to the reaction, which runs along the lines of "don't be such snowflakes" and "what about...": https://twitter.com/ambulancejay/status/1031211611955101698 Also, it's nice to know that "dick" can now be used as an insult... Continue Reading →
Look at this image. Column D is the grades students got in one of the years that I taught GCSE English Language. Column E is their UMS (for the uninitiated, that is like their total score). The first 11 students on that column are coloured green because if they had done exactly the same the... Continue Reading →
I want to move away from A Northern Soul, but I can't. I've seen it 3 times and am seriously considering going a fourth time. If you haven't seen it and get a chance to, go. In reviewing it last week, I said: The director, Sean McAllister, has an eye for detail and his camera... Continue Reading →
I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters. Donald Trump 2016 What value do we place on words? What value actions? Another former member of the President's administration has tried to cash in on their time in the White House with an "explosive", "tell all" book. Omarosa... Continue Reading →
The Black Unicorn 