October 13, 2011, 5.30 pm, New Delhi: Night comes in like a disease in New Delhi, mosquitoes bring it in on their backs. As darkness falls stray dogs dodge blaring traffic and beggars melt into the roads. A bear dances for its supper in a stinking alleyway. Then the lights go out. Yes, the ninth… Continue reading Under malaria skies

That the release of a song by anybody at all should make worldwide news during a global crisis is quite simply remarkable. But who did it? Ariana Grande? Bruno Mars? Or that Justin Bleater? No! It was that irascible, eccentric, metal-working, modernist artist, Americana-gathering pensioner who so many people still scoff at, saying he is… Continue reading Po’ Boy … how Bob’s clowning has kept him at top of Mr Jones’s agenda – (listen to Po’ Boy live, inside)

Okay, okay … we Brits have a reason to be miserable at the moment, just like the rest of the world. Every man, woman and child on the globe has been thrown headlong into a Dystopian world that we had only ever experienced in movies before. Yes, Strange Days, Dark City and Mad Max are… Continue reading Are these compilers just a load of rankers? Or were Brits really this miserable even before coronavirus?

It was a dark day in Dallas, November ’63 A day that will live on in infamy President Kennedy was a-ridin’ high Good day to be livin’ and a good day to die Being led to the slaughter like a sacrificial lamb He said, “Wait a minute, boys,  you know who I am?” “Of course we do, we know who… Continue reading MURDER MOST FOUL … by Bob Dylan – Listen and read the lyrics inside

Bob Dylan – at midnight – unexpectedly released a previously unheard near-seventeen-minute new track, “Murder Most Foul”. There is no clue to when it was recorded but the delicacy of his vocals sound like straight out of his live shoes over the last two years with hints of It’s Not Dark Yet … He was… Continue reading Just about midnight, Dylan releases 17 minute mournfully beautiful song about Kennedy and the US – click here to listen

Massimiliano Martigli Jiang stood blindfolded in the middle of Florence with a sign reading “I AM NOT VIRUS”. His sign also said: “I am a human being, free me from prejudice”. Jiang is Italian-Chinese later uploaded a video of his quiet protest onto Facebook and got more than 10,000 shares. Not many when you consider… Continue reading JIANG’S PROTEST AT ITALY’S RACIST CHINA CRISIS – ‘I AM NOT A VIRUS!’ (see video inside)

Warring parents are said to be using coronavirus as a weapon to stop their estranged partners spending time with their children.  On top of this, a leading campaigner against has revealed how many parents are killing themselves because of parental alienation. Andrew John Teague, from D.A.D.s and NAAP, said this: “I was up until 5am… Continue reading The last exit to nothing as warring parents use coronavirus as weapon

The Falkland Islands are so isolated that, even though they have had their own travel restrictions in place, few thought their communities would face the rigours of coronavirus. But it has arrived and a child is said to be very ill indeed, while others are displaying symptoms. An official tweet said: “A patient in the… Continue reading Coronavirus has now breached the natural isolation of Falkland Islands

Leigh G Banks, writer and broadcaster, has teamed up with Rodney Hearth, from AirTV International, to talk again about the problems, seen and unforseen, caused by the unrelenting coronavirus bug … they are joined this week by Hollywood singer/songwriter Roman Vitkovsky who is holed up in the mountains of Slovakia, composing songs and tending his… Continue reading Holed up … three men talk about the future after coronervirus hell

…Well, I’m stuck here gents, in the last Starbucks at the World’s End. I’m drinking hallucinogenic brandy in my cappuccino. This is a very strange posting indeed. God, I’m bored. Just me, Starbucks, hallucinogenic brandy and these snow-capped mountains. I’m thousands of miles away from anywhere anybody’s ever heard of. Borjomi! Yep, I’ve never heard… Continue reading Wish I was there… with Harry, Jim and Batman