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Victimless crime, surely
Sometimes CCTV has a lot to answer for.
This story is pure comedy, I know, but it throws up a valid question. Each of the accused, on conviction was given a ‘victim surcharge’, on top of other penalties. I can only assume that the ‘victim’ was the security guard whose instructions were followed to excess. Does that mean that he was paid £35 compensation the trauma of two lumpy ladies exposing themselves? If that’s the case and it works in Spain, a chap could make a fortune simply by spending a summer morning on L’Escala town beach.
Brand X
Like many people of my generation who’ve actually heard of Russell Brand (probably a minority) I’ve always considered him to be an irrelevance, a complete prat. Until now.
In fact, Russell is a demagogue in disguise; like many of that breed, there is a core of sense in some of his outpourings, and for me that makes him dangerous
Sergio Leone
Boston soul
In conversation with the lovely and very talented Barbara Nadel this morning, this came up:
If you like the Troggs, and were around at the time of Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy, you may enjoy
Major Chris
This will become one of the most shared videos ever, so I may as well join in.
It’s amazing.
Edgy drama
Around a month ago, I was in a production room at BBC Scotland, waiting to be a guest in Fred Macaulay’s radio programme. The show was on air and I was able to listen to Stephen Poliakoff promoting his new project, a five part drama, Dancing on the Edge. My thoughts at the time were that SP is a genius when it comes to plugging his own work and also that ‘Dancing’ would have to be exceptional to live up to the BBC hype.
Now that it’s over I can report that it was exactly that, a brilliant piece of original drama with a star cast on top of their form. If you haven’t been following it, or you haven’t been able to, the DVD will be released next month.
Caught on camera
I don’t reckon this linesman will be back at the Emirates in a hurry. Before yesterday’s match, Manchester City were reported to have returned 900 tickets, unsold because of the high prices charged by Arsenal.
Messy
Commenting on ‘Lunch in the Sun’, Diana P asks how I cook calçots.
I don’t, but this is how a chef does.
This is an American lady showing how to eat them; she’s not very good at it.
Dancing the night away
This is pretty genteel as New Year discos go, but given that the average age must have been high fifties . . .
Happy Christmas in Ventallo
We had the great pleasure of attending the ‘Caga Tió’ event at our Mia’s nursery on Friday. I could put subtitles on the following video, but I won’t. Suffice it to say that as they hit the logs, the children are asking it to produce presents.
Let’s make some noise
When we were in Barcelona a couple of weeks ago, a demo by striking Metro workers passed our hotel. In Spain, the term ‘Peaceful protest’ means only that they do not throw things at the police. It does not mean that it is quiet.
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