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St George is Coming Home…

Arts Council England and BBC English Regions are joining forces to put St George‘s Day, 23 April, back on the calendar with celebrations up and down the country.

St GeorgeCommuters in Bedfordshire will be among the first to experience the festivities when, on arrival at St Pancras station, they are greeted by a 500-strong choir on the concourse singing a new anthem for England composed and conducted by young English composer Sam Dunkley.

The unsuspecting passengers will already have been transported back to the Thirties during their morning commute. In a tribute to Betjeman’s Metroland film, they will be treated to performances celebrating everything from tea-and-crumpets to tennis rackets and cakes as they experience The Full English. Continue reading this item…

Do you have ‘Fly Fishing by J R Bin Laden’?

‘We’re anglers not terrorists’

Three anglers were arrested under anti-terror laws in Woodley after using laser pens to frighten ducks away from their bait hooks.

The three men were taken into Loddon Valley Police Station late on Friday, March 7, and two were held overnight, DNA tested, fingerprinted and then released without charge.

The third man was released almost immediately following the 10.30pm incident.

One of the men held overnight Mick Radomski, 53, of Drovers Way, Woodley, said they were using the “green laser pens” to scare the ducks at South Lake. Continue reading this item…

What a nob!!

Classic;

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Pope’s Rottweiller on C4 News…

The Catholic Church will be forever fucked if they let rabid, snorting eejits like this one represent them in the media. Let alone the twisted logic* and, a’hem, reason they employ…


Pope claims condoms are part of the problem, not the solution, to the Aids epidemic, sparking controversy at the start of his first trip to Africa.

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Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle

Huzzah!

Stewart LeeStewart Lee has returned to TV land (barring a few singular appearances in the 10 years since he last graced our idiot lanterns) with his own series, the aforementioned Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle.

Most folk who know of Mr Lee will probably associate him with the Lee & Herring double act, with erstwhile comedy partner Richard Herring – I say ‘double act’, but we’re not talking Morecambe and Wise here, more in line with the post-modern use, Armstrong & Miller, Enfield & Whitehouse, Mitchell & Webb, et al. Mr Herring has been seen on TV, in the main on the 100 Most… type shows as a commentator. Continue reading this item…