JAMES McGEE

Remember when the Republicans rose up as one to complain when President Barack Obama had the temerity to wear that tan suit to a briefing about national security? The GOP was up in arms because they considered the casual look unpresidential. Well, now we know how that came to pass: Click on the image below and all will be revealed. And it's brilliant!!

A sad occasion on Thursday evening with the final edition of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert being broadcast on the CBS network, which caved in to the demands of the Orange Monstrosity, who, as The Boss, Bruce Springsteen, stated on his appearance on the show, can't take a joke, and who, it's said, wanted Colbert taken off air, otherwise he wouldn't allow the Skydance merger with Paramount (CBS's parent company) to go ahead. But, as it turned out, Colbert definitely had

Len Deighton 1929 to 2026 So many great novels, so only a few of them listed below. Click on the link if you'd like to read the obituary from the BBC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cervgrvekxzo Yep, that's what I thought, too. The image of Michael Caine on the cover of that DVD (published by Dutch FilmWorks DFW) is from Get Carter and not The Ipcress File. God knows what they were thinking...or possibly smoking.

The Boss, Minneapolis March 28th 2026

An epic protest song by Bruce, angered, as so many of us have been, by the appalling events that have taken place in the city over the past few weeks. To view the video, and the song's eviscerating lyrics, click on the image.

Frederick Forsythe 1938 - 2025 An absolute legend when it came to writing page-turning thrillers. If you would like to check out his CV, courtesy of the BBC website, click on the image....

Click on the Image to hear his brilliant opening speech....

If you haven't yet seen this terrific documentary, it's still available on the BBC iPlayer. Here's a link to the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS5EIQ3zubE&ab_channel=MadmanFilms

The above was a question pitched to the celebrity contestants during an episode of Richard Osman's House of Games TV show. As it was on the Dave channel, it wasn't new, but even so... The answer, according to Kate Williams, one of the media's leading go-to historians, was...well, see for yourself (I sh*t you not): Yes, she knew the discovery was Tutankhamun's tomb. But my question is this: as an historian, for God's sake, how the hell could she not know where Egypt was o

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A cracking day yesterday (and it's not often you can say that at the moment, right?). Headed off to Bath for the Steve Van Zandt signing...

Meet Mullah Nooruddin Turabi, the up-beat, relentlessly cheerful new Afghan Minister of Prisons. Part-time ventriloquist and stand-up...

Allow me to introduce Kenneth Copeland. Not heard of him? Don't worry he probably hasn't heard of you either, unless he's tried to...

Another legend taken from us. I don't have too many heroes, if I'm being honest, but Jimmy Greaves was definitely one of them. Back in my...

See what happens when you cut down on the chocolate digestives..?

Now, let's face it, there are a fair few of us - make that probably millions - who figure that Russian elections (I use that term...