The Green Green Grass Of Elsewhere
I remember hearing Robin Ince once do a bit of material about how the problem with going abroad is often it makes you realise how many things are wrong with the country you come from. I’m currently in Norway and this is one of the few countries that does exactly that for me. Even with […]
Read moreHello. My Name’s Tiernan and I’m A Workaholic
Hello. My name’s Tiernan. I’m 32 years old though without beard I look considerably younger until you look into my eyes and realise I scowl at more of the world than a youthful person would do. With beard I look about 32. That’s why I have a beard. Amongst other reasons. I’m here, writing to […]
Read moreDoing The Right Thing
It’s not often I’ll pat myself on the back about anything, and this is not just due to having incredibly inflexible limbs. Nor am I one to blow my own trumpet, and that’s not just because I neither own a trumpet or have any musical skills at all. But it’s 3 days since the Phoenix […]
Read moreFringe
I’m not going to the Edinburgh Fringe this year. If you hadn’t gathered that already or remotely cared then I’m sorry to say you’ll be bombarded by various blogs I’ve written for various websites all detailing why. Essentially, in a series of different words, they all amount to the same reasons: it costs too much […]
Read moreBearing All
Much like a discontinued bus service, successful castings for me tend to not come at all most of the time, while I’m left standing there ignoring the ‘no longer in use’ sign. However like the ever brilliant 134 bus service from Finchley to Tottenham Court Road (and it is brilliant) last week, three came all […]
Read moreThe Future Ain’t What It Used To Be
The future must’ve seemed so exciting in the 70’s. They’d already been to the moon, the first intel processor had been created and telly and film was full of Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars and Alien. Essentially the world must’ve believed that within 30 years there would be flying cars, regular trips to […]
Read moreLife Affirming Theft
On Tuesday I had my phone snatched. Some oik – and that is the correct term due to age, size and general facial expression – on a push bike appeared out of nowhere, and all I saw was his hand grab my tPhone out of my hand and cycle off with it. His friend followed […]
Read moreHating The Haters
I’ve been thinking a lot about the events of the last week in Britain. Well the Woolwich murder and aftermath in particular though I did spend quite some time dwelling on the sad death of a zoo keeper by a tiger. This story has put an end to my overly hopeful dreams of one day […]
Read moreGove Hates Fads*
You know that Michael Gove? Yeah you know the one. Inexplicably tiny head, an entire demeanour that seems far too much like a ventriloquist dummy has been brought alive via a curse, and eyes that have a roaring fire of arrogance behind them? Yes that one. The one whose only experience of education was going […]
Read moreRebreaks and Un-Imaginings
There’s a lot of stuff that leads me to despair on a day-to-day basis. Some of these include the fact that people willingly pay money to go the Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Museum in Piccadilly, the fact that some people genuinely seem to think voting UKIP is a good idea, and the fact that […]
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