The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

Cellphone Cinema

"My lord, the queen is not dead."

Ghosts

Another installment in our ongoing effort to provide our readers with the latest from the world of science.

The Wrong Door

It's happened to me a couple of times.

Monday

Looks like one of those days.

Gore-Al

Well, it's good to know that Gore had a Plan B.

Mile-High Update

As a follow up to the other day's post on skyscraper atrocities in London, a visitor has requested a posting of the Architect Sketch.

Yes, Cinders, you shall go to the ball.

Wise Advice

When you're in deep trouble, look straight ahead, say nothing, and pretend to know what you're doing.

The Four Yourkshiremen

I used to know blokes like this down the pub.

Vegetarian Dishes

The idea of a vegetarian survival manual is amusing to say the least. Not that I'd discourage that sort of thing. After all, the more vegetarians there are after the Apocalypse, the more meat there'll be for my pot.

Blue Plaque

Um...

Words of Wisdom

A Drama in Three Acts

A Suggestion

It's Thanksgiving in the States tomorrow and if you are still trying to sort out your menu, my friend here would like to make a suggestion.

Procrastination Flowchart

I'll get around to this one later.

The Brain

The Brain: Basically a wrinkled bag of skin filled with warm water, veins and thought muscles.

Alan Coren 1938-2007

Television is more interesting than people. If it were not, we should have people standing in the corners of our rooms.

Alan Coren

The humourist Alan Coren has died at the age of 69. Times columnist, editor of Punch for two decades and a regular on The News Quiz, Mr. Coren had a marvelous writing voice as the Cricklewood Middle-class Everyman and such an evenly balanced sense of humour that even when economic hard times brought the Great Purge to the library at Chez Szondy a book of his columns survived on the grounds that I was still trying to figure out how to crib his style.

A Hard Day's Night

And now your moment of high culture: Peter Sellers doing Lord Olivier doing Richard III doing A Hard Day's Night.

Introduced by a couple of blokes who did tunes.

Without a Leg to Stand On

I've had auditions like this.

Some producers are so bloody picky.

The Cat Came Back

Why I don't have a cat.

Midget Horn

Sometimes comment is simply not necessary

The Helvetica Scenario

Protect yourself. Learn the facts.

The Life of a Writer

Yes, this is pretty much how I handle my professional correspondence.

Germs

Germs come from Germany

Look Around You

Remember how god-awful educational films could be?

You will now.