The Plashing Vole

Morning all. It's been a morning of books for me - some good, some, well, interesting. The good books that have turned up in the post ar...

The relentless searing heat is not conducive to the calm, dispassionate and rational state of mind required to fairly mark (screw you, split...

This is an 'interesting' legal judgement which illustrates the knots tied in the messy and unwritten British constitutional settlem...

I may be slightly guilty of exaggerating Stoke-on-Trent's reputation as an unmitigated urban hellhole, just by taking pictures like thes...

Those of you with any semblance at all will recognise my title as one of George Formby 's catchphrases. I don't need any excuse to q...

'What do you do with those long holidays?' is a question asked by friends, family and even our students, every year. If I had £1 for...

So the Egyptian military has overthrown the democratically-elected government of Mohammed Morsi, arrested the President and many of his sen...

Remember Bill Hicks ranting on quite profanely about marketers' identifying even the anti-marketing demographic? Just to jog your memo...

I wrote to my MP about the UK Government's 'relaxed' attitude to environmental emissions and climate change, asking him to vote ...

You might be surprised, given the Eeyore-ish tone of Plashing Vole (and the dystopian nature of the world at the moment), that I'm in a ...

Morning all. I feel like a broken man. Went for a swim before work. Got in to meet a student to talk about his work. He didn't turn up. ...

Those of you with nothing better to do might recall that I rather suspected Paul Uppal of telling porkies in Parliament, given that he alwa...

I wrote to my MP, Paul Uppal, asking him to vote for an amendment setting a maximum carbon production ceiling target by 2030.  He voted ag...

Afternoon, readers. I'm afraid that despite the momentous events of the week, I'm slightly devoid of pungent opinions. Too much go...