national treasure

There have been moments in my history when I felt a little frisson of excitement at the positive possibilities. In my adult life it has usually (Arsenal Football Club excepted!) been about political change, those little, however shortlived, moments of hope amidst the relentless shit we appear to be sliding into: the collapse of the […]

“The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday – but never today.”

Thus spake the Queen of Hearts to Alice in 1865. And thus spake Paul Weller to my generation in 1979: Life is timeless, days are long when you’re young You used to fall in love with everyone Any guitar and any bass drum Life is a drink and you get drunk when you’re young Life […]