Last night another match ended in a nil all draw after one hundred and twenty minutes of play. Alright, at times the match was very good with flowing moves, silky skills and exciting attempts on goal but for a lot of the time it was meaningless passing and possession. Once again this great competition, Euro … Continue reading Penalties
Civic Centre
The Civic Centre at Chester Le Street must be one of the strangest buildings that I have ever been in. It is an edifice of glass and steel and aluminium with its service pipes on show, arteries and veins that carry heat and power in a Pompidou style. It is a post-modern construction somewhere between … Continue reading Civic Centre
Eng-er-land
International football, Pah! Who cares, it’s rubbish anyway, we never win anything and it’s not as good as the Premier League or the FA Cup. Every time it’s the same, we build them up, we hope for their fitness, we pray for their bones to heal and expect them to win every match and their … Continue reading Eng-er-land
The female kind
What is the proper way to address the female kind? Lady is too condescending, woman is too demeaning and girl is too patronising. Using the word lady conjures up images of idleness and boredom, sitting, sewing, drinking tea, painting watercolours, pressing flowers or playing the piano forte in a refined and accomplished way, like a … Continue reading The female kind
Cathedral
Those Normans! What are they like? They come over here, mess us about, steal our women and act as if they own the place. They strut up and down the country setting up castles, making up laws, capturing data and the like. They then go and build this Romanesque cathedral on a piece of high … Continue reading Cathedral
Binary ideas
We don’t live on a chess board. Life is never so simple as to be either black or white and it’s time that we stopped thinking of everything in a binary way. Our creativity is stifled by the belief that an ‘I’m right therefore you’re wrong’ culture is what we should strive for where the … Continue reading Binary ideas
Choosing glasses
Why is it so difficult to choose a pair of glasses? After all they are just a couple of lenses, ocular devices to make your life a bit easier, a couple of pieces of glass worked and shaped to help your eyes focus better. But they are so much more than this. Glasses that are … Continue reading Choosing glasses
Mrs Grylls
It’s Mrs Grylls that I feel sorry for. I’m sure that she is happy being married to Bear, action man, adventurer, Chief Scout and all round top bloke but her heart must be in her mouth every time he comes home with another apparently hair brained scheme to test his metal and virility. After all … Continue reading Mrs Grylls
Car wash
The bottom has fallen out of the hand car wash market, the bubbles have burst on their soapy water, the customers have been washed away and the business model has kicked the bucket. They used to be a common sight at many brown field sites in and around our conurbations, especially at former petrol stations … Continue reading Car wash
Railfest 2012
We met in the station foyer at York and made our way over the footbridge that took us above the platforms and out behind the main buildings, down onto the small path that cut between two wire fences, passed the rail parts yard and through the car park. Ahead we could see the main entrance … Continue reading Railfest 2012
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 