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Drown Ban, Not Chav deicide, or The Mongo code
Chapter 1 The eminent and very French Inspector Gordon Flache eyed the eminent Harvard popularculturologist suspiciously, “Do you know what it means?”. Chapter 2 Obertray Angdonlay, the eminent and needlessly American expert on popular culture, who had once written a…
Mr Quiet
I’ve just read Mr Quiet by Roger Hargreaves. The plot goes as follows (WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS.): Mr Quiet lives in Loudland, where everyone shouts and bangs and no-one can hear Mr Quiet’s whispers. The unhappy Mr Quiet is invited to…
Da The Vinci Code
I have actually started reading the Vinci Code by Dan Brown. To celebrate this and my recent visit to the Rosslyn Chapel near Edinburgh, I have set a new lies category. The book doesn’t seem so bad so far after…
The Royal Wedding
Scary Duck on the impending Royal Wedding: Breaking News: “Prince Charles’s wedding postponed until Saturday, Queen’s ‘washing my hair’ excuse in disarray.” I expect she’ll be attending Ian Paisley’s Papal Memorial Jumble Sale instead.
Huntingdon: a strange place
The other week we went to Huntingdon. Huntingdon reminds me of Bedford in being a place that could be so pleasant, even beautiful, but which isn’t. The central St Paul’s Square in Bedford, for example, could be amazing rather than…