THE NAME’S BLOG, JAMES BLOG

Those of you who know me know that I’m a huge fan of James Bond:  The movies, the books and the icon that the character is.  In fan culture, it’s the sci-fi/fantasy crowd that hog the attention.  Is Star Wars better than...

5-0 Blogwash

So you’re in charge of a sports team that’s just lost a match or isn’t doing well in general.  What do you do?  Well, here are my top 5 tips: 1.  IGNORE THE PRESS Sports journalists are not the kind of ...

The Blogger’s Tale

Here’s some recently discovered lines that have been attributed to Geoffrey Chaucer. Now we can be sure who first came up with the “Farter’s Rhyme”:   “And ’twas he whom doth smel...
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NYPD Blog

I’ve realised for some time that I need a hit Television series idea. Of course my main one, mainly turning this site into a weekly sketch comedy show, seems to be too good for mainstream TV being that I’ve a...
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Communist Blog

July 16th 1937, 3 ships set off from Murmansk in the Baltic Sea; their official mission is to deliver agricultural machinery to Halifax, Nova Scotia. The real reason for this voyage is known only by 3 men, one of them Jo...
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Let It Blog

I really hate lazy journalism….. I mean the style of reporting, mainly in TV news, where the reporter just relies on cliches, stereotypes and whatever he or she can glean from a press handout instead of actually re...

The Blog Is Back In Town

What would be your reaction if I said the word “bulge”? OK, let that reaction sink in…OK, now let me explain. This morning I was having thoughts on the Battle of the Bulge. (Hang on, I’ve just rea...

Blog Roll

, BLOG ROLL I was chatting to someone today about one of my movies; “Pissing With Confidence” (If you haven’t seen it, why not? Now go to “films”, click on it and watch it. I’ll still ...
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Blog New World

Blog New World So the Chinese reckon they invented golf do they? Every so often they claim to have invented something 2000 years before the rest of us: This week it’s golf, last time it was football, then compass n...
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Blog Jammin’

BLOG JAMMIN’ I have a confession to make, Rhubba fans…I have a weakness for a French radio station. I first discovered Nostalgie when on honeymoon in France last October and it is a station dedicated to the h...