Dunbloggin’ 9 Jul 2013 | 01:46 am

Yes ladies and gentlemen, all good things must come to an end. I’ve enjoyed the experience but for a number of reasons have decided to hang up my keyboard. Thank you for your attention and your comm...

Magnificent 8 Jul 2013 | 12:23 pm

I’m talking about yesterday’s Wimbledon Men’s Singles Final between Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic. I wonder this morning if there is a more exciting and complete sport in the world than tennis? Yest...

More from the Toon! 6 Jul 2013 | 12:14 am

‘Wor Jackie’ Jackie Millburn A bronzed Bobby Robson – St James’s Park Chinatown – With a twist of Scots and Irish too.

Why Aye! 5 Jul 2013 | 10:02 am

I’m in Newcastle Upon Tyne. I met this chap near the station yesterday. This is Charles Grey, the second Earl Grey, author of the 1832 Great Reform Act. The statue is by Edward Hodges Bailey who wa...

Mobility 4 Jul 2013 | 12:50 pm

I see that a checkout assistant at Sainsbury’s refused to serve a customer until she had finished a mobile phone call. The part of the story I don’t like is that after she complained, Sainsbury’s cave...

The Shaggs 4 Jul 2013 | 02:32 am

Lenin the Parakeet sends a picture of The Shaggs a late 60s band of sisters from New Hampshire. They were noted for their ineptitude at playing popular music but after Frank Zappa and Kurt Cobain cit...

Crisis? What Crisis? 1 Jul 2013 | 02:24 pm

I notice that this report from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation has mis-spelled millstone.

No Bonus for the Game 1 Jul 2013 | 02:17 pm

I’m reading with complete incredulity that David Longmuir had a £100,000 bonus drawn into his contract with the SFL. Now don’t get me wrong, Longmuir has done some good things during his tenure. Spons...

Referendum Latest 30 Jun 2013 | 09:52 am

Where did the time go? 30 Jun 2013 | 09:16 am

In 1985 Ronald Raegan and Mikhail Gorbachev met for the first time in Geneva. British Telecom announced that it was to begin phasing out its red telephone boxes. Mixed race marriage in South Africa wa...