… or as guests at Maggie’s funeral did I honestly see Geoffrey Howe and Michael Heseltine? And I heard that José Manuel Barroso was there. What were that vile trinity planning upon - dancing upon her grave?
At another level, according to the BBC News, some scumbags threw stuff at the horses in the cortege. That [...]
Posts under ‘Rest in Peace’
Was it just me…
Maggie
I was born in 1973 so Margaret Thatcher was PM for my formaive years.
I very vaguely recall “Sunny Jim” and have no recollection of that fat treachorous oaf Ted Heath or of that deranged buffoon Harold “bloody” Wilson. He thought MI5 were gonna kill him. If only…
So she was my PM. In eleven years [...]
Thatcher’s greatest achievement ~ it’s not what you think
Many more eloquent writers with first hand experience will have eulogised Baroness Thatcher, and rightly so. The Falklands, the privatisations, the tax cuts, the near destruction of the trade union movement as an effective political force and the enormous economic turnaround have all been well covered as has the poll tax. Most commentators have either [...]
Sir Patrick Moore
I know this is late. I know I should have written about his death but I didn’t. I didn’t know what to say. So I shall say what I can now for it is the least I can.
Patrick Moore didn’t make me look to the stars exactly but he fostered on these rainy isles [...]
Neil Armstrong
I know Nick has had a draft lying around for a while (so have I; I just keep them on my own hard drive), so I hope he doesn’t mind me jumping in, but some comment should really be made on the passing of Neil Armstrong before the week is out. It already feels a [...]
Alan Turing
Today would be Alan Turing’s 100th birthday. Alas it never transpired. He died in still debatable circumstances when he was in his prime. Was he a great pure mathematician? Yes, I’d put him almost as high as Gödel and that is like comparing a footballer to Pele. Both of course were not normal men. Turing [...]
Hands up, who else is completely fucked off by the Titanic ?
Every time I turn the TV or the radio on, there it is, heading towards its doom in the gloom and the Iceberg, Polar Bears cheering like Sirens from the Berg’s upper reaches (that’ll teach ya for Global Warming you arrogant human bastards!).
I’ve had the straight story in the 1958 film, a Night to Remember [...]
RIP Etta James - January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012
Take 2, from the 2′nd best Etta James, ever
Christopher Hitchens - Rest in Peace.
I just heard Ian McEwan talking about his pal Christopher Hitchens. Well, I didn’t have a term for Hitchens until I read Neil Gaiman’s “American Gods” who had Shadow describe Odin as an “irascible old fucker”. I think that just about describes Hitch to a “T”. The World is poorer for his loss even (because) [...]
Gary Speed MBE (1969-2011)
It is rare that I find the death of a famous person shocking but when I heard of Gary Speed’s death today I was shocked.
A fine player for many clubs (he holds the appearances record for an outfield player in the Premiership) and a great player for his national team (but can I be [...]
RIP
Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie (September 9, 1941 – October 8, 2011)
And if you don’t know who he is, your opinions on computers don’t matter.
Red 4 Down
I was really quite upset to hear Red 4 was down. I watched the news - flicking between Sky and BBC with little hope. I saw him a month ago in the skies over Southport. Alas, I have no photos. I used the last of my battery charge on XH-558. The Red Arrows go on [...]
Goodbye Sarah-Jane
I was thinking of some Who related posts to crank it up before the fixed point in spacetime that is April 23rd. They were going to be upbeat, jokey, amusing. But then I read the news today…
It’s not long since Nick Courtenay (The Brigadier) died so I shall watch the first episode with an [...]
Jane Russell
“She always said I’m going to die in the saddle, I’m not going to sit at home and become an old woman. And that’s exactly what she did, she died in the saddle,” Etta Waterfield said, recounting that Russell had remained active in her local community until illness intervened in recent weeks.
Jane Russell 1921-2011. A [...]
