I was thinking of writing an April Fool post, but didn’t get round to it in the end. Anyway, how can you tell the difference these days? Leg-iron had a look through the newspaper websites on the 1st and found many unbelievable stories, but alas, they were all true. He found this good attempt at [...]

Apparently, Chinese boffins have bred a herd of 200 cows that have been genetically modified to produce “human” milk.
AgroBiotechnology at China Agricultural University, confirmed that the genetically modified herd’s milk “contains the characteristics of human milk.”
Li added that the cow-human milk “tastes stronger than normal milk” and explained that:
“In ancient China, only the emperor and [...]

I don’t usually write about royal gossip, but I received a tweet the other day from an Argentinian man who says he is Prince Philip’s illegitimate son. He claims to have been conceived five or six years before Philip married the Princess Elizabeth in 1947.
He says that his 1943 birth certificate is fake and that [...]

I think they might be Swedish? If that’s not to your liking, I found this fine unaccompanied version of John Anderson My Jo. It won’t allow me to grab the code, so here’s the URL.

I have been tagged by Leg-iron to talk about my desk. Like his, it’s somewhat cluttered and things like invoices, gadgets and USB leads can turn up months after their disappearance into the void. I often find something I failed to find previously while searching for something else. I live safe in the knowledge that, because I don’t throw things [...]

Well why not, it’s 1st December. Jethro Tull reminds us that the spirit of Christmas isn’t what you drink.
Once in Royal David’s City stood a lowly cattle shed,
where a mother laid her baby.
You’d do well to remember the things He later said.
When you’re stuffing yourselves at the Christmas parties,
you’ll laugh when I tell you to [...]

Army cadets in Plymouth have been banned from carrying rifles on their Remembrance Day parade because it ‘glamorises’ weapons. How did we win all those wars? Did our soldiers tickle the enemy into submission?
“What a beautiful day – what a beautiful day, missus, for going up to the Taliban and saying, “Hands up, beardie, I [...]

At long last, here is another selection of entertainment. The first video is Down Under by Men At Work. This is now nearly thirty years old, incredibly. As a Jethro Tull fan, maybe I just like anything with a flute in it.

Here’s another classic from three decade ago. It still brought me joy watching it [...]

Norman Wisdom passed away yesterday evening aged 95 at his care home on the Isle of Man.
The more I watch Up In The World (1956) the more I enjoy it. I think this was Sir Norman’s second film. This is the football scene. “Sir Reginald” is the snobby kid. There is a line near the [...]