Hardline Marxist-Leninist: More Theory Than Trousers
Hardline Marxist-Leninist: More Theory Than Trousers | Has Not Laughed Since 1989, And Even That Was Ironic
Month: March 2011
London Opening Chess: Respectable Aggression In Four Moves
London Opening Chess: Respectable Aggression In Four Moves | London Opening Explained As Polite Intimidation
Arnos Grove: Suburban Calm With a Side of Architectural Swagger
Arnos Grove: Suburban Calm With a Side of Architectural Swagger | Arnos Grove London Neighborhood Satire And Composed Living
The DUP and Sinn Féin: The Two Parties That Cannot Govern Northern Ireland Together and Cannot Govern It Apart
The DUP and Sinn Féin: The Two Parties That Cannot Govern Northern Ireland Together and Cannot Govern It Apart | Democratic Unionism, Republican Politics, the Mandatory Coalition, Power-Sharing Mechanics, and the Constitutional Ambition That Each Party Brings to an Institution Each Finds Problematic
Uxbridge: Where London Holds a Clipboard and Takes Notes
Uxbridge: Where London Holds a Clipboard and Takes Notes | A Administrative Satire of Uxbridge’s Roundabouts, Rationality, and Determined Usefulness
Lucifer Over London
Five Things Londoners Noticed Immediately When the Sky Went Biblically Wrong The sky turned a shade of red usually reserved for overdrawn bank accounts and Premier League referee decisions. Every WhatsApp group suddenly contained at least one amateur meteorologist and one person quoting the Book…
Cause of Heathrow Fire
Cause of Heathrow Fire Still Unknown, British Public No Longer Surprised by Anything The nation that has survived Brexit, three prime ministers in six weeks, and the Tesco self-checkout update receives further bad news with remarkable equanimity LONDON — The cause of the fire that…
Charlie’s Psycho Drugs
Charlie: The Most Fun Drug Dealer in London LONDON — In the glittering bowels of Shoreditch, where the tech bros and trust-fund artists collide like incompatible chemicals in a bad batch, there lived a man known only as Charlie. Not your average Charlie. The Charlie. The most…
England Fans Discover USA
England Fans Discover USA Is Slightly Bigger Than Yorkshire, Regret Agreeing to “Drive to the Next Match” Supporters Confront Geography After Confusing America With a Moderately Ambitious County England fans attending the 2026 World Cup in the United States experienced their first major shock long…
Ultra-Traditionalism: A Longer Latin Mass And A Coat Of Arms
Ultra-Traditionalism: A Longer Latin Mass And A Coat Of Arms | The Council Of Trent Was A Soft Warning
Britain Observes Space Race From Ground
Britain Observes Space Race From Ground | Expresses Interest Without Leaving Chair
The Raid On The Medway: When The Dutch Sailed Up And Humiliated Everyone Within Range
The Raid On The Medway: When The Dutch Sailed Up And Humiliated Everyone Within Range | How Englands Greatest Naval Embarrassment In 1667 Turned Pride, Policy, And Dockyards Into Floating Comedy
Royal Blame Strategy
Royal Blame Strategy Expands to Include Weather, Furniture, and Possibly Gravity The royal family has reached the historic phase of any national institution where absolutely everything is someone else’s fault. Historians confirm that in Britain, accountability is considered a foreign import and subject to tariffs.…
BAFTA: Awards Discover Live Television Is, In Fact, LIVE
The BAFTA Awards Discover Live Television Is, In Fact, LIVE The 2026 BAFTA Awards were meant to celebrate cinema. Instead, they accidentally celebrated biology. Reflexes. Nerves. Human unpredictability. The kind of live broadcast chaos that reminds you that no matter how polished the tuxedos, somewhere inside every…
London Plumbers Now the Emergency Heroes Who Save the Day When Pipes Betray
London Plumbers Now the Emergency Heroes Who Save the Day When Pipes Betray | When water goes where it should not, the city calls for help
British Politics: The Reality Show Where Everyone Gets Eliminated
British Politics Becomes First Reality Show Where Everyone Gets Eliminated Simultaneously Five Observations From the Format Nobody Commissioned But Everyone Is Watching British politics now combines the emotional stability of Love Island with the competence of a delayed replacement bus service — same level of…
AI Threat Briefing
America Got the AI Threat Briefing. Europe Got a Brochure. Britain Got Brexit and Is Therefore Not Surprised by Any of This. Five Dispatches From the Slow-Motion Collapse of Transatlantic Digital Diplomacy There is something almost nostalgically comforting about watching a vast continental bureaucracy attempt…
Highbury: Where London Forms Opinions Over Sourdough
Highbury: Where London Forms Opinions Over Sourdough | A Sharply Composed Satire of Highbury’s Certainty, Civic Engagement, and Quietly Correct Posture
Cenotaph London Now the Solemn Heart of a Nation’s Remembrance
Cenotaph London Now the Solemn Heart of a Nation’s Remembrance | The nation’s foremost war memorial where the fallen are honoured
Bezos, Trump, and the £40 Million Friendship
Bezos, Trump, and the £40 Million Friendship Britain Didn’t Ask For Either Amazon now delivers parcels, cloud computing, and transatlantic toadying — next-day delivery not guaranteed LONDON — Here in Britain, we have a long and distinguished tradition of watching Americans do something spectacularly embarrassing…
Buckingham Palace Gates Photoshoot
Buckingham Palace Gates Photoshoot: When Monarchy Devotion Meets Security Protocols Proud Boys UK Discover That Loving The King Doesn’t Grant Special Access Fourteen members of Proud Boys UK spent ninety minutes outside Buckingham Palace Tuesday conducting what they described as a “pro-monarchy demonstration” but what palace security described as…
London Weather June: Long Days, Warm Light, And The Annual Heatwave Panic
London Weather June: Long Days, Warm Light, And The Annual Heatwave Panic | London weather June is warm and bright, highs near 20-21C with the longest days of the year – though the city treats 28C as an emergency. A deadpan guide.
Britain Announces This Is the Last Update, Nation Immediately Receives Three More
Britain Announces This Is the Last Update, Nation Immediately Receives Three More | Government declares finality while scheduling follow-up clarifications
Living With Parents Until Age 41
British Universities Introduce Degree in “Living With Parents Until Age 41” Five Observations From Britain’s Least Voluntary Gap Year British graduates now discuss moving out with the same optimism medieval peasants discussed dragons — as something theoretically possible but requiring conditions nobody currently possesses. One…
Bromley FC: Football With Corporate Calm
Bromley FC: Football With Corporate Calm | A Club That Feels Stable
UFO Transparency
WASHINGTON / LONDON — In a development that has united the governments of two great nations in the sacred democratic tradition of telling the public absolutely nothing whilst appearing to tell them everything, the White House this week announced “total transparency” on unidentified aerial phenomena,…
London Blunders: The Capital’s Most Reliable Public Service
London Blunders: The Capital’s Most Reliable Public Service | London Blunders and the Art of Expensive Mistakes
London Bookshops: Quiet Havens For The Easily Distracted
London Bookshops: Quiet Havens For The Easily Distracted | London bookshops are the cherished havens across the city, from grand emporiums to tiny nooks, where browsers wander in for one title and leave laden.