The Plashing Vole

My favourite school was the comprehensive one in Stoke. It had its fair share of weirdos - like the kid later caught on CCTV…nicking CCTV ca...

I'm currently listening to Brigyn 's Brigyn 3 - a bunch of kids from North Wales who've released quite a lot in Welsh and are s...

It's A-levels results day - and so for us at The Hegemon, it's Clearing day, when we scoop up all those unfortunate enough to have m...

It's difficult to get much work done, what with England wickets falling every twelve seconds. I do want to note Frank Kermode's pass...

It's the third 'England'-Pakistan Test match today. England destroyed the Pakistanis in the first two, but it's the other wa...

You get Texas Republicans (yes, elected national politicians) saying very stupid things Texas lawmaker Debbie Riddle is claiming that her f...

I always knew that strong drink was the answer to all our problems. Some Scottish scientists have come up with a biofuel that's 30% mor...

You may or may not be aware of the existence of Justin Bieber. Exploding from Canada (also responsible for Celine Dion and Queensryche, in c...

They've now painted my floor pink. Like a veal chop. Or human flesh. Between that and the Cadbury's Chocolate colour of the ground f...

My friends from The Dark Place claim that there was a TV sitcom set in a Dark Place truckstop. The hilarious comedy stemmed from the two mai...

I don't know if you're familiar with Michael Redmond - perhaps you remember his appearance as monosyllabic Father Stone in Father T...

I make no further comment, except that surely Dr. Who should be allowed to remain innocent. I wonder what the BBC's lawyers would make o...

George Osborne  today defended the coalition government's planned spending cuts, claiming they would help create a more progressive soc...

Comrades, you will not believe it. I myself was so stunned by today's momentous event that I spent the morning lying in bed, believing m...

I got Cerys Matthew's CD of Welsh folk standards today, Tir . It's very good. I also got a copy of Breaking Away, my favourite film ...

I'm used to not getting birthday and Christmas cards, even from close family. After all, it's not a legal requirement. Sadly, I...

David Cameron, 14th May, 2010: " I want this to be the greenest government ever " (with video). "There is a fourth minister ...

Yes, it's A-level results week, the favourite time of year for posh newspapers. Not only can they bemoan the degraded state of the educa...

A few more from Coomasaharn lake. But still no rock art. Rest here , or click on these for larger versions. Looking toward Glenbeigh and t...

After the madness of Puck Fair, we headed to a mountain lake to search for prehistoric rock art , which abounds in these parts. Did we fin...