Exactly twelve months ago, I was summoned to an office by a distinguished and venerable media magnate, a room of such vast expanse that the intimidating distance between the door I entered through and the monolithic mahogany
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Not in Front of the Children (4)/25 Hour News
We started with sex and â surprise, surprise â here we go again. Race and disability can take a back seat; when it comes to Percy Filth, we Brits excel like few others. Yet, this weekâs word
Continue reading →Not in Front of the Children (3)/25 Hour News
In the first two instalments of our look at the English languageâs permanent residents of the naughty step, we examined two of the most unspeakable words linked to sex and race respectively. Now we turn our attention
Continue reading →Not in Front of the Children (2)/25 Hour News
OK, the second instalment of our guide to the most taboo words in the English language focuses on what, along with ‘Cunt’, is one guaranteed to break the ice at parties… Continue reading →
The 25 Hour News and the Saturday Obituary
Until I was ten, portrayals of school in fiction seemed stuck in the 1950s or even further back. ‘Tom Brown’s Schooldays’ serialised on Sunday teatimes on BBC1 or ‘Just William’
The 25 Hour News and The King is Dead
The death of Blues guitarist BB King at the age of 89 yesterday didnât just mark the end of a life or even a career of impressive longevity;
The 25 Hour News and Dead Ed: An Obituary
Ed Miliband is a Bill Wyman solo album. Williamâs dubious personal peccadilloes aside, in terms of doing his job, he was the kind of guy youâd
25 Hour News Election Special & A Day in The Life of The Electorate
The first General Election I remember was the February 1974 one; I quickly warmed to the concept when I realised I got a day off school, even if
25 Hour News and 5 Days to Choose
Unless you’ve been inhabiting a cave over the past month (granted, not an unappealing notion), then what is scheduled to take place this coming Thursday won’t have escaped
Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading and the 25-Hour News.
Des Freedman in the Islington Tribune – “the media consists less of an honourable array of impartial and independent organisations than a series of institutions which are intimately connected to
Continue reading →The 25 Hour News/Do You Remember The First Time?
Whether or not any of you choose to participate come May 7, chances are you’ve participated in the past – perhaps when you were less cynical
The 25 Hour News and The Millennium Blues
Y2K – remember that? It was going to screw-up the world’s computers on New Year’s Day 2000, and we’d all travel back in time to 1900.
Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading and the 25-Hour News.
Barthnotes on the UK Satanic Panic re-emergence.
Saff on ‘Pulp Fiction’ and whatever happened to Tim Tate’s book?
Tim Tate re-emerges with his reputation intact
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OK, it’s the question on everyone’s lips, the most important news item of the week bar none, the issue galvanising the nation into making a crucial choice that will affect
Continue reading →The 25 Hour News and the 45 Year Blues
So, our journey back 25, 35 and 40 years arrives at my own personal terminus of 1970 – 45 years ago. This, for me, is the dawn of time
The 25 Hour News and the 40 Year Blues
Our previous Raccoon ‘golden hour’ outings took us back 25 years to 1990 and then 35 years to 1980. This time round, in order that I the author can
The 25 Hour News and the 35 Year Blues
A couple of weeks ago, I (inspired by ‘er upstairs) invited you to share your memories of where you were 25 years ago. Today it’s time to take
The 25-Hour News and The Immigration News They Buried…
Over here, over fed, and probably over sexed. These bastards and bitches have been flooding in through the port of Dover via Calais, with barely a cursory intervention by the authorities.
Continue reading →25 Hour News and 25 Year Blues
Our beloved landlady suggested this additional feature, which should get a few of you going. What was your life like 25 years ago? Believe it or not, that’s
25 Hour News & The Ladybird Library
DIY Posts Worth Reading and the 25 Hour News
The 25 Hour News
The 25 Hour News
Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading and the 25-Hour News.
Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading and the 25-Hour News.
Luke Gittos on the cult of #Ibelieveher.
SEX OFFENDERS should not be allowed to
Continue reading →25 Hour News Review of 2014
Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading and the 25- Hour News.
Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading and the 25 Hour News
And another surreal take on the same decade (though not much odder than some recent
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