The Plashing Vole

Actor Brian Cox is in the news: he called for Parliament to be sited in a provincial city, such as Wolverhampton. A staunch Labour support...

One of my Romanian friends told me this story. In the last years of the Ceaucescu regime, bolder Romanians started erecting satellite dishes...

Despite the ugliness on display in my local paper (today's splash: the Osmonds eat MacDonald's!) and manifested on here at the end o...

Good sunset tonight, and some pleasing light patterns on the emergency stairwell that I definitely don't use ever. The rest are at the e...

Another day, another speculative and shoddy plan to 'regenerate' this benighted town. More shops, more hotels, more architectural ex...

Big event at the Hegemon tonight: Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England is coming to give a talk. It was good constituency but rightw...

Well, the local elections are utterly fascinating this year. And I'm not joking. I'm a bit sad that Plaid Cymru have slipped back, b...

Someone's made a start on beautifying this ugly, lovely city (as Dylan Thomas called Swansea). I'd like to see them try it in the mo...

Our prison strong, this huge convex of Fire,  Outrageous to devour, immures us round  Ninefold, and gates of burning Adamant  Barred over us...

OK, I said some things about rioting yesterday. And now an angry mob has trashed the betting shop next door and the derelict restaurant bene...

A few more pictures (rest here ). Click to expand. Got to love pollution when it gives you sunsets like this The Magistrates' Court...