Not often that such an unusual post is offered for your enjoyment. The G.O.T. has been known to speak his mind and has been invited on to this blog as an equal co-conspirator with St Crispin and TheEye to create (non-sweary) mayhem. However he doesn’t take prisoners elsewhere either. Take […]

Nicknamed the “Daily Labourgraph” on many blogs – including this one – for a while it is nice to see some resistance from within the ranks. This is on a few other blogs now but really needs echoing here too. An article begins: “Gordon Brown should say ‘sorry’ over economy, […]

Today is Shrove Tuesday or, for those of a less religious nature…Pancake Day. TheEye heartily recommends this recipe for Beer Pancakes. 2 eggs8 oz plain flour2 tbsp granulated sugar2 tsp baking powder1 tsp bicarbonate of soda1 tsp saltHalf a pint milk2 tbsp butter meltedgrated rind of 1 lemon2 tbsp Ale […]

Regardless of his (unknown) politics, TheEye thoroughly recommends the members of the University of Exeter Students’ Guild to vote for this bloke as their next President. Although your humble host has lengthened the night of more than a couple of returning officers and tellers in his time, he never had […]

It would amaze TheEye if the Auburn Plainsman newspaper from Alabama wasn’t on everyone’s daily read list, so you won’t have missed their Nov12-18 Crime Report via the Auburn Department of Public Safety. Compare and contrast all of the reports: Nov. 12, Hudson Terrace – Burglary reported. One pair of […]

It’s not a regular day when two icons find their way into the obituary columns with a depressing suddeness. A tribute to the marvelous Sir Dai “Lock Up Your Daughters” Llewellyn, Bt will follow. So much of his outrageous life will be told in legend for decades to come. However […]

It was rather ironic that TheEye said a few posts below that mainstream news stories are not the aim of this blog. This story falls strangely between the two stools. It’s going to become very mainstream but isn’t yet. Iain Dale, a man with some of the best political contacts […]

Today is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille. Louis Braille was born in Coupvray, 25 miles outside of Paris. As a small boy he was blinded by an accident in his father’s workshop. He was inspired by the ‘night writing’ system of raised dots and dashes invented […]