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Financial lunacy reigns unchallenged in the kitchen

I saw two things today that convinced me this country has utterly lost even a fleeting glimpse of the plot. First, a restaurant review by Feargus O’Sullivan said a place called The Urban Turban in Notting Hill was “a good …

Manly bulges and so forth

If you want to see a bit of smart marketing and have a quiet gurgle of glee, go to http://blog.figleaves.com/2008/01/pants-for-paxo.html. Everyone in Britain will understand the jokes, but I‘m afraid I must give a boring explanation to those who are …

News, with a malicious little twist

Whilst doing my shopping this afternoon I glanced at the front page of Le Monde – one of the two main serious French dailies The opening to the top front page news item was a neat example of that wit …

Well, should we eff and blind or not?

“What we never expect always happens,” said Disraeli. Having been known for years as Drayton effing Bird because of my foul language, I am amused to be asked by Ian Denny whether people should use words like f**king or fucking …

Australia – for those interested

Stu asked me to let him know what I’m doing in Oz … clearly a covert way to arrange a lynching. The answer is that I am definitely doing most of a day in Perth and also I think a …

Australian wind-up – again

I’m off to Australia in a month for one of my regular little speaking trips. My partner there, Malcolm always takes perverse delight in winding me up. No opportunity is lost to point up the glory of Australia’s sporting achievements …

Yes, I am a buffoon ….

This picture proves it. My partner took it of me wearing one of her more, stylish, on-trend hats in the office just now. It made a pleasant break from preparing for an interview in half an hour on what I …

Our boy “Jamie” plays a blinder

I just saw this internal e-mail from “Jamie” Dimon who is the boss of J.P. Morgan Chase, the bankers. He must be the same “Jamie” who is responsible for the banks multi-billion dollar losses through crappy sub-prime paper, but who …

Do you like music?

Go and have a look at: http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=ITd_Y1inZoU. It features my daughter Martina singing, and my son Nick playing. All my life I’ve loved music; I have absolutely NO talent for it. But they have. I’m not sure whether this is …

New dogs, old tricks, I see

For decades connoisseurs of municipal folly could confidently rely on the loopies at North London’s Camden council for a few laughs.For 30-odd years these corrupt incompetent rogues managed to combine the highest taxes in Inner London with the most abysmal …