My current favourite podcast (other than our own) is new and hosted by Rick Wilson and Molly Jong-Fast. I canât recommend it highly enough, particularly if you enjoy US politics in its rawest form, by which I mean, rich with vulgarity. The New Abnormal (great title, by the way) isnât afraid to put things bluntly. […]
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Heads up for another important date in the diary: Friday, 8th May, when the nation will commemorate VE Day with a national doorstep singalong to Dame Vera Lynnâs âWeâll Meet Againâ. Jotted that down? Good. Now youâve had fair warning to lock your doors by eight and be in bed before the public displays of […]
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It’s a cool domain name and it was available. Yes, I know. Available. Crazy, isn’t it?
Really?
Yes. It also helps that it’s also my favourite satire written by Alexander Pope, one of the most metrically pure English poets who also knew his way around a crude insult or two. If you’ve not read it, you should give it a try.
So this is satire, right?
Can’t deny it. There will be some. But it’s also an experiment in writing and drawing, giving work away for free in order to see how many people are willing to support a writer doing his thing. It’s the weird stuff that I wouldn’t get published elsewhere in this word of diminishing demands and cookie-cutter tastes.
