The Face’s Have It

It’s a well known theory that you can tell a lot from someones boat. Oh yes, that fella over yonder tells me everything I need to know simply by not wearing a balaclava. His mistake.
A person may have certain leanings, certain urges within their soul. Naughty. But their deepest ideological impulses are fully revealed in [...]

Derek and Clive: so fucking cool, they deserve a second tribute

Refreshing myself of their genius and comic legend by having a look at some YouTube clips of their superb improvised sketches from the late 70s.
Tell you what. YouTube don’t half give me the fucking horn.

The genius of Derek and Clive can partly be explained by the dynamic between Pete and Dud. The way Cook was [...]

The Sweeney: The Finest Legends of All Time…You Slag!

The beautiful simplicity of The Sweeney.
These lads are legends. Words can do them no justice.
I leave you to bathe in their genius, in their majesty of of the silver screen. Reagan & Carter - John Thaw & Dennis Waterman.
If you are a fan of Boatang & Demetriou, I sincerely hope that you are a fan [...]

Johann Cruyff

Hendrik Johannes Cruijff, born 25th April 1947. Amsterdam. A moment etched into the mind, not only of his mother, but of the 20th century. Known as Johann Cruyff to the world, the initials J.C. are apt; this man changed football forever.
Quite possibly the most lethal player to ever kick a ball, he wasn’t just sheer [...]

Derek and Clive: A Tribute

I can’t say I’ve ever had to retrieve lobsters from Jane Mansfield’s bum. Neither have I tried to get into the Guinness Book of records for the longest trail of suspended snot. It might also be worth mentioning that the Pope has never given me the horn and I have never written to the Catholic [...]