“Does Humour Belong in Politics?”
Tom LennonCan you honestly imagine Lenny Bruce or Bill Hicks submitting to the discipline of the Whips?
That was the Right Honourable MP for Ealing North, Stephen […]
Dancing in the Dark
Tom LennonI should be watching Bruce Springsteen at Hyde Park tonight.
As I may have mentioned previously, I tried to buy a pair of tickets on the […]
Orson Welles’ Chimes at Midnight
Tom LennonWe have heard the chimes at midnight…
– Shakespeare, Henry IV
For as long as I remember, Orson Welles’ 1965 film Chimes at Midnight […]
John Dillinger Died For You
Tom Lennon
Seventy-five years ago today, the notorious American outlaw John Dillinger was shot to death by FBI agents as he was leaving the Biograph […]
BSG R.I.P.
Tom LennonWell, that’s it then…
I’ve just watched the final episode of the mighty Battlestar Galactica. I’m probably one of the last of the show’s legion […]
(Nothing But) Flowers
Tom LennonLast December I was driving past the former Matthew Boulton College building on Sherlock Street in Birmingham as it was being demolished. […]
The Citroën Dali
Tom Lennon“Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole”
– The Modern Lovers
Last Thursday evening we were driving home from Wales. Clare was sitting […]
Nathan Fillion is the Green Lantern
Tom LennonWell, no, he isn’t really – and he probably won’t be, either – but we all know in our hearts that he should […]
Hagbard Celine and the MPs’ Expenses Scandal
Tom LennonAs an antidote to the relentless cavalcade of hubris, hypocrisy and moral indignation stoked up by the cataclysmic faeces-to-fan proximity problem that’s known locally as […]
Bocca Grande Normalis
Tom LennonI know that this will involve me stepping out of my made-to-measure comfort zone of pop culture, obscure literary references and knob gags, but I […]