"Putinism with posh accents" is how he described the government's attempt to tamper with the BBC.
Scrapbook: Week 28
Tag: first person
One year ago: Week 29 2020
"My wife knows all the technical terms for the TV game show Tipping Point."
One year ago: Week 28, 2020
“We watched Oxford United beat Portsmouth in the League 1 playoffs. Oxford had cardboard cutouts in the stands.”
One year ago: Week 27, 2020
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Diary: Week 26
My wife reckons Covid could have done society a big favour.
One year ago: Week 26 2020
Series 3 of Spooks was a turkey and Series 4 is all plot and no character.
Diary: Week 25
Researchers in the US have discovered that Republicans are more vaccine-hesitant than Democrats.
Diary: Week 24
News that a diver got swallowed and spat out by a whale triggers the memory of a whale-watching trip.
One year ago: Week 25 2020
Hordes of pleasure seekers grabbed the chance to sniff laughing gas and crap all over the place.
Diary: May 2021
My wife rolled her eyeballs when I said I'll build a wall out of the mountain of books we have in storage.
Diary: Week 23
Stuart revealed that at his posh-boy school he played a prehistoric game called Fives.
One year ago: Week 24 2020
DIY dentistry kits are available online. Some people are repairing broken crowns with superglue.
Diary: Week 22
There's a pet-stress crisis looming!
One year ago: Week 23, 2020
"I’m not sure the Cummings-Johnson Death Plan to kill off the elderly is working."
One year ago: Week 22 2020
“Barney Castle” is an old English expression for telling lies...
Diary: Week 21
Met Chris at the Barbican. He was there to see a “niche” silent film about life inside a Carthusian monastery.
One year ago: Week 21 2020
May 18-24
Diary: Week 20
15-21 May...
Diary: Week 19
8-14 May ...
One year ago: Week 20 2020
May 11-17
Billy's Scrapbook 