News from the Eighth Army, 1942
A letter of November 1942, from somewhere in the middle east, from a private soldier to his mother in London [More >>>]
Category: Miscellaneous
The 0870 scam: time to rebel
We are being ripped off by companies that make us pay through the nose to telephone them and then keep us waiting at our own expense. Time to rebel, as urged by the FT [More >>>]
Plummeting the depths of Mrs Malaprop
Plummeting the depths of Malapropism, Mr Jasper Gerard needs a plumber [More >>>]
Welcome to foreign visitors: all of them!
What has prompted visits to this website from almost every country in the world – and then some? Intriguing.
How to Épater les bourgeois, of course
A Guardian columnist’s ill-judged strictures on a pop lyric, and an even worse-judged ‘of course’.
Shoot to Kill, and other remedies?
The government’s proposed new measures in response to 7/7 are surprisingly moderate, subject to scrutiny of the details; and the police, on the available evidence so far, had no real alternative to the action they took in killing the innocent (as it turned out) brazilian at Stockwell tube station.
Jottings
…about the Guantanamo motto and Mme. Roland, an enjoyable film and a sharp TV programme, some horrible grammar, and the database that goes with ID cards
You Couldn’t Make It Up Department (7): Selection by Prick
How to choose a sheriff. No off-colour comments, thank you