This Is The Country You Live In.
His daughter, Haley, was to blame. Haley was only three, however, and it is generally considered unreasonable to blame a …
Tag Archives: Satire
Christian Theology and the Easter Bunny.
The first missionaries to set foot in Anglo-Saxon England attempted to render Christmas and the celebration of Christ’s resurrection satisfactory …
Apocalypse of the Fringe.
It had been a long day and we were half way through another, rather undistinguished production of Hamlet, when I …
The Little Fascist.
I had not spoken with my old friend Charlotte for over two years, and, with a mild surprise at how …
Rolling on with the Bull.
For the first two weeks of the summer, Sighthill Academy puts aside its daily troubles and the whole school embarks …
Live Coverage of the Royal Wedding.
Tychy: And the whole nation has been brought together in an atmosphere of demented jubilation, all united behind the Royal …
Man’s Best Friend.
My baby was out dozing in the yard; his adorable nose pointed in the air, dried as hard as terracotta; …
Proper Charlie.
I first met the Swedish dwarf Marco at a party in a Cowgate tenement. To my complete surprise, he waddled …
The Moral Maze (Alternative Reality Edition).
Continuity Announcer: …and now, on BBC Radio 4, it’s time for another edition of the Moral Maze, live, as usual, …
That Difficult Second Novel.
I have always included Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird within a tradition of shallow protest novels – books by …
Prefatory Remarks to “Moonbat.”
“Moonbat” is the second of two full-length short stories which I am posting this week to atone for the recent …
YouTube.
I wish that I could type your name into Youtube, and be presented with a list of little film clips …
That BA Strike – Live on BBC News 24.
BBC Newsreader: … And now for more on the British Airways strike, we go live to our reporter at Heathrow …
Battlefield.
Dr. Farzin Harim had been up since six ministering to his students, until his research assistant Mahsa had finally warned …
From a Windowsill in Beijing.
I have been left on my own for the morning. The breezy arrangement of my hotel room is by now …
