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WON’T YOU PLEASE, PLEASE HELP ME?

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WARNING: This is not one of my regular blogs, amigos! What it is, is a serious appeal for help; a plea for help addressed to my soccer-loving acquaintances in particular, and to anyone else who understands the game of soccer … Continue reading

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GENERATION Z AND THE RIGHT TO BE OFFENDED

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Do you want to know what worries me most about the world as it is at the moment? Probably not, but you’re going to hear it anyway. It’s not the soaring price of energy, nor is it Doby the House … Continue reading

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GET OUT OF JAIL – AND ADVANCE TO PRAGUE – IF YOU CAN FIND IT

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Now I know that some of you will deny that you envy my life here in Marbella. It’s the best place in the world, and I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else. Except in August. In August it’s too hot, … Continue reading

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FAREWELL LETTER TO BORIS

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Dear Mr Johnson, I am writing to express my appreciation for the time you spent in office, and the contribution you made to the political legacy of this once great country. It can’t have been easy; in the three years … Continue reading

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BUSY DOING NOTHING …

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Workin’ the whole day throughTryin’ to find lots of things not to do I haven’t blogged for ages and here’s why: this post-pandemic world is in such a pitifully grim state that I felt incumbent not to depress you further. … Continue reading

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WAITING FOR DONALD

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WITH THANKS AND APOLOGIES TO SAM BECKETT, a fellow Old Portoran Vladimir and Boris meet near a tree in Ukraine. They converse on various topics and reveal that they are waiting there for a man named Donald. While they wait, … Continue reading

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MY GREAT BIG ANDALUCÍAN ROAD TRIP

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Last week, I had a holiday.
And before you say that my entire life is a holiday, let me tell you that it isn’t.
Well, not entirely anyway.
Having a car – and quite a decent car – in Spain and rarely using it is a bit of a waste; and a waste that prompted the idea for a mini road trip around Andalucía. Continue reading

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WHERE DO YOU SIT WITH THE GREAT HEADDRESS DEBATE?

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Exeter Chiefs’ trip to play Glasgow Warriors in the European Cup on Saturday has become a hot topic, for reasons unrelated to rugby. Political correctness has raised its head again, with the “snowflakes” in one trench and the traditionalists, dinosaurs, … Continue reading

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ORGANIC CHAT-CHAT — AND A NASTY BOUT OF GASTROENTERITIS

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I haven’t blogged for a long time and this has been most remiss of me. Of course, this have not have had a negative impact on your life but in case it has, please allow me to apologise and present … Continue reading

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A LIFE IN THE WEEK OF RICHIE MALONE — WEEK FIVE

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HOW TO CURE A PORN ADDICTION Tuesday afternoon … If you happen to have a porn addiction and want go get over it, what you need to do is to get yourself invited to the set of a movie. I’ve … Continue reading

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