Those curmudgeons from Down Under cannot but betray their convict heritage and they’ve been quick to condemn the Brits, currently picking up bag loads of medals at the Olympics, for only being good at sports “where you can sit down” (rowing […]
You don’t have to yet, of course, but, one day, MPs, judges, police constables and, for all I know, binmen will have to swear an oath of loyalty to Prince Charles when he eventually succeeds his mum as monarch.
Does this […]
According to the Daily Mail (so it must be true) warbler Phil Collins paid £25m to escape from his third marriage, beating the £24.3m Paul McCartney paid to extract himself from the clutches of Heather Mills.
This is Phil’s second expensive divorce; the […]
Blatherskite HQ: Where the hell are you Serge?
Serge Poniatowski (Blatherskite’s chief celebrity interviewer): On holiday, in Canada
BSkite HQ: There aren’t too many celebrities in Canada Serge
Serge: You’re telling me! They don’t even speak French
BSkite HQ: Where exactly are you Serge?
Serge: […]
Serge Poniatowski (Blatherskite’s chief celebrity interviewer): Well, where is he?
Blatherskite HQ: In Southwold
Serge: well I’m in Southwold and I can’t see him
BSkite HQ: Well rent a beach hut or something, I’m sure he’ll want a photo op on the beach […]
Future historians will look at the so-called ‘war on terror’ and wonder how these supposedly sophisticated countries (like the US and UK) tried to use 19th century tactics to subdue guerilla opponents.
It didn’t work then and it isn’t working now.
One […]
Posted on August 19, 2008 in
Media
For those of you who’ve managed to avoid him, Giles Coren is a Times restaurant critic and feature writer. He’s also recently appeared on TV, stuffing himself with various historical menus for our delectation.
Like many writers he has a high […]
Formula One supremo (or one of them) Max Mosley has won his privacy case against the News of the World, winning £60,000 damages for its suggestion that his five-hour S&M sex session with five gals in Chelsea had a Nazi theme.
It seems […]
Brit writer Peter Morgan who wrote “The Queen” and “The Deal”, two dramas tracking Tony Blair’s dealings with HMQ and Gordon Brown respectively, is working on the third part of what is obviously a trilogy (as we classicists say) dealing […]