In treating football players as thick overpaid yobbos who don’t know what a woman looks like, let alone what she feels, Camilla Long goes slightly over the thin line dividing misogyny and normal behaviour. Yes, most footballers are obsessed by money and good looks–not necessarily in that order–and are ready to leave politics and good […]
A.S. Saint-Etienne: Les Fantômes du Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Que s’est-il passé depuis mon départ de Saint-Étienne, il y a vingt-quatre ans? Un quart de siècle depuis mes dernières palpitations, yeux fixés sur le chronomètre de l’autre côté du stade mythique surnommé « Le Chaudron. » Et pourtant, aux fins fonds de mon esprit, je sais ce qui se passe dans l’enceinte du stade: le temps reste […]
The Obnoxiousness Of Online Comments
It doesn’t matter where they come from or where you read them, online comments seem to have one overriding common characteristic: obnoxiousness. It doesn’t matter whether it’s Facebook, You Tube, or newspaper websites, online comments coming from people I’ve never met, and thankfully never will, excel by their virtuosity in handling the written word. What […]
Party Time At Number Ten
How I longed for today to arrive. The invitation that lay dormant on my mantelpiece was coming to life at 7.00 pm. I held it tight and read it again: Yours Truly had been invited to Boris Johnson’s (BoJo from now on) garden stroke office party. Come on BoJo! Pull the other one – […]
Has My Blog Served Its Purpose?
This blog was supposed to be a remedy, a palliative treatment to cure a break in my soul – my European soul. In 2016, I had to find something to do to combat the irrefutable madness of the Brexit vote. I felt like an Emile Zola who nobody knew, crying out to the world from […]
Sexual Violence Under The Steeple – Child Abuse In The French Catholic Church
My Dearest Child, Let me come. Sit on my knee, my child. Let me teach you the deeper meaning of the Holy Text, and only when you have finished providing me with the pleasure of the flesh that I seek, will I let you go. I don’t expect you to find answers to your questions […]
Film Review: Yesterday Will Always Remain Tomorrow
Yesterday (2019) director: Danny Boyle Yesterday will always be better that today and never worse than tomorrow. It was a silly screenplay – the almost unknown and even more useless musician and composer being knocked down by a bus, and then realising he’s the only one on the planet who knows about the […]
Messi Beaucoup, Lionel
If Lionel Messi’s hands were not on his wallet but on his heart, he would have decided to play for Crystal Palace, after leaving Barcelona. Just for a year, free of charge, before retiring to his privately owned piece of land called South America. Why Crystal Palace? Just look at the kits and you’ll get […]
The London Times And Facebook: One And The Same?
The simple answer is, yes because of the comments section. Whether it’s the Times or Facebook, little anonymous nerds point their dirty little fingers at the dusty keyboard and poke you in the eyes with their six-inch-long fingernails. But they forget to pass their brains and collect two hundred credits for coming up with a […]
AstraZenica – Just A Little Prick (Of A Needle)
“Excuse me, young man,” I asked the 23-year-old volunteer who got ready to steady his shaking hands, before opening an AstraZenica vial and insert a rather long-looking needle into my left arm. “You do know it’s my arm you’re jabbing?” And with what, I could have added? “Don’t worry,” he said. “Just a little prick.” […]