When TS Eliot took shelter in a monastery, he could hardly have known how difficult his life was about to become.
Desperate for a peaceful haven to reflect, and suffering from a growing obesity problem, Eliot hoped that his Spartan surroundings would afford him the calm he needed to look inside himself, and he hoped the [...]

Well, we went to see I’m Your Man tonight, and I have to tell you I enjoyed almost every second of it.
Almost, Bock? Why not every single second?
Oh, that’s simple. I can answer that in one word: Bono.
Was there ever such a pretentious, self-obsessed, insincere twat as Bono? Is there a single [...]

Here’s one by Hilaire Belloc that I always liked.
A Python I would not advise.
It needs a doctor for its eyes
And has the measles yearly.
However, if you feel inclined
To get one (to improve your mind,
And not from fashion merely),
Allow no music near its cage;
And when it flies into a rage
Chastise it, most severely.
I had an aunt [...]

Today, I think I’ll share with you one of the works of William Topaz McGonagall, a man widely acknowledged to be the worst poet who ever lived. This fine example of his work commemorates the Tay Bridge disaster, one of the worst railway accidents ever to occur in Britain, and so we find a certain [...]