Tag Archives: Revolution

Street Wisdom #6

Number 6: Vissarion Belinskii
“Ere mate, oi mate, ere mate.”
Ignore the dirty scary tramp man Nelson, just ignore him.
“Oi mate, ere, oi, ere mate.”
“Look I’m sorry; I do not have any spare change, cigarettes, alcohol, food or biscuits.”
“Nah mate, I just wanted to tell you something.”
“I am in a dreadful hurry.”
“It’ll only take a second.”
“Go on […]

Democratic Spite

Well, I expressed my democratic right to vote today, in the London Mayor and Assembly elections. I hope that if any of you had the chance you voted too. It is something you should use and not squander. You got it then you must use it because a lot of people around the world do […]

Royal Eyes

Pip and I have now experienced the look of royalty. Walking down Fleet Street yesterday, enjoying the beautiful spring sunshine, we were stopped in our tracks by a large number of police motorcycles. The mounted riders each had a tiny whistle, which they were blasting merrily away on like a song bird with tourettes.
We were […]