Tag Archives: Boris Johnson

Arteta’s Arsenal – and why their methods are bad for the game

This Premier League season has been bleak. The quality of play is the worst in over a decade, and as a spectacle it has not been compelling. You have to go back to Antonio Conte’s insufferably dull Chelsea side winning … Continue reading

Posted in Sports | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

If A.I. is here to make life easier, why do I have such an aversion to it?

Originally, it was the scaremongering that was irritating, but now it’s hard to avoid the tiresome talk that the A.I. revolution is truly here and how it will shape our future. The claims are becoming increasingly ostentatious, both of its … Continue reading

Posted in Odds & Ends | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Please, ChatGPT, save us

Avoiding the news means not using your phone or computer at all. Given how ninety-nine percent of us live and work in the West, that’s a tricky task. How the news is delivered is irritating because there’s so much of … Continue reading

Posted in Odds & Ends, Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

The Premier League Preview 2022/23

We’re fast approaching the Qatar 2022 World Cup. Yeah, psyched for it. Remember when Qatar was awarded it? The world was very different back in 2010. Crappy 3G smartphones. Alex Ferguson was still managing Manchester United. Prince and Leonard Cohen … Continue reading

Posted in Sports | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

The Premier League Preview 2021/22

The European Championships are over. Mercifully no more players collapsed with cardiac issues and Italy saved us from a tidal wave of insufferable English triumphalism, which, with a win, would finally be liberated from the embarrassment of perpetual failure. The … Continue reading

Posted in Sports | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment