Category: Eclectic Blue

One of my favourite songs ever is When The War Is Over. It was written by one of England’s great songwriters, Alan Hull, and performed by his band Lindisfarne. Click here to see the video, look below for the lyrics: When...

One thing we need to bear in mind about the Covid-19 pandemic is that we are not all behaving like twats. We are not all panic-buying toilet rolls (I can’t get anymore in my freezer anyway), we are not driving off to take...

On Tuesday 10 December 2002, the Evening Post, as the Bristol Post used to be known when it was still a serious newspaper, had a front page to strike terror into the hearts of Bristol Rovers fans: ‘Rovers at the point of...

Probably the least entertaining feature of this blog – and I do realise there are plenty of least entertaining features to choose from – is my Friday Music Shuffle. It happens every Friday, believe it or not, when I...

My loyal reader may recall a piece I wrote on this blog the other night called Stay In it, I referred to the parent of someone we know who had been admitted to hospital with Covid-19. I asked that people would hope – and...

My thoughts are with benefit claimants. All of them. 39 years of experience working for the DWP under its various names and guises has taught me that the vast majority of people who claim benefits would rather not be. There are...

Credit where credit is due. I continue to be highly critical of the government in general and Boris Johnson in particular over the government’s actions during the Covid-19 crisis. Two months were wasted when we should have...

Unusually for me, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately, trying to get my head around what the hell is going on in the world. Two weeks ago today, I was watching the telly seeing Liverpool go out of the Champions League...

When the Covid-19 nightmare is over, I hope we all remember how two people in particular behaved. Tim Martin, chairman of Wetherspoons, and Mike Ashley. When you talk about the unacceptable face of capitalism, the phrase was...

No names, no clues, here. A parent of someone we know was admitted to hospital earlier this week and they have now been diagnosed with Covid-19. The family is unable to visit the person and s/he is being cared for by our...

Remember back in the old days, when Liverpool contrived to lose 3-2 at home to Atletico Madrid and so exited the Champions League? Over 3000 people flew from Madrid to support their team, spending the day mingling and drinking...

Photo: Channel 4 News, 20 Mar 2020 It’s very obvious what is happening in our country right now. Here’s how I see it: All stages of the emergency Coronavirus Bill will be completed tonight. This will give the...