'I'm not ashamed to dress "like a woman" because I don't think it's shameful to be a woman.' - Iggy Pop


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There's much talk of Olympic legacy at the moment - the carrying of the torch - and the bluntest minds jump on the bluntest version of that legacy. In their unseemly rush for column inches (another competitive boys' sport, of course), Boris and Dave have floated the idea of two hours' mandatory PE per day, for children ( Read more... )

I have a colossal Olympic come-down.

HOLD ME.

*sobs*

Reasons to be glad Louise Mensch has gone:1) She was a cheerleader for Cameron and Murdoch. While one expects support for the PM from any Tory to some degree, Mensch's cheerleading was often in flagrant disregard of the facts and certainly had the appearance of being one of two things: either entirely self-serving from a career point of view, or ( Read more... )

Hahahaha! I have just been out drinking with Stephen Mangan. Hahahaha ( Read more... )

Beside Sainsers, behind the gasometers (I think we've established how I feel about the gasometers which, in my view, are one of the best pieces of artwork ever erected, blue against a blue sky), lies the Crow Ground ( Read more... )

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You came in to shelter from the rain. I watched you for a bit. I banged the screen to make you fall off, but you would not let go. You weren’t one of the fast ones, though.

I put my cupped hands around you and blew you out, into the garden, with your spindly brown legs waving. Little tegenaria, you must think I was a monster.

But I saved you.

We're all basically pretending we're in the Olympics, right ( Read more... )

There are three things I think should be taught to every young person, and they're pretty simple ( Read more... )