Look Ahead (And Laugh)

 As Matt is stil on holiday mode, let's start the New Year Sunday humour spot off with an actually funny one from the 'Guardian'. Yeah, when they avoid politics, they can produce some...

Happy New Year All!

And here's to 2026! It can only get better, surely? 

Absent Friends...

Raedwald 

Captain Ranty (Blog now sadly gone dark) 

Unenlightened Commentary 

Anna Raccoon 

Dracunculus 

Bystander, a sad loss to the world of profession-blogging. 

Peter Risdon (Blog also now sadly gone dark) 

Niall Kilmartin and Brian Micklethwait of Samizdata 

Frank Davis 

The incomparable Old Holborn

Mark Wadsworth.

Mr Ishmael

HeadRambles (now also sadly gone dark)

Gone, but not forgotten.

Happy New Year All!

And here's to 2025! 

Here's hoping, for you all, it will indeed be the perfect year this time:

Normal service will resume on Thursday.

Absent Friends...

Raedwald 

Captain Ranty (Blog now sadly gone dark) 

Unenlightened Commentary 

Anna Raccoon 

Dracunculus 

Bystander, a sad loss to the world of profession-blogging. 

Peter Risdon (Blog also now sadly gone dark) 

Niall Kilmartin and Brian Micklethwait of Samizdata 

Frank Davis 

The incomparable Old Holborn

Mark Wadsworth.

Gone, but not forgotten.

Mr Ishmael

Sunday Funnies...

Maybe a few New Year resolutions would be in order...

Happy New Year All!

And here's to 2024! 

Normal service will resume on Tuesday.

Absent Friends...

Raedwald 

Captain Ranty (Blog now sadly gone dark) 

Unenlightened Commentary 

Anna Raccoon 

Dracunculus 

Bystander, a sad loss to the world of profession-blogging. 

Peter Risdon (Blog also now sadly gone dark) 

Niall Kilmartin and Brian Micklethwait of Samizdata 

Frank Davis 

The incomparable Old Holborn

Mark Wadsworth.

Gone, but not forgotten.

Happy New Year All!

And here's to 2023! It can't possibly be worse than 2022...can it? But then I recall I asked that question last year!

Maybe I shouldn't tempt fate... 

Normal service will resume on Tuesday.

Absent Friends...

As we begin the countdown to say a grateful farewell to the complete disaster that was 2022 (and who thought it could be worse than 2021?) and welcome in a new year, please raise a glass with me to those we have lost:

Raedwald

Captain Ranty (Blog now sadly gone dark)

Unenlightened Commentary

Anna Raccoon

Dracunculus

Bystander, a sad loss to the world of profession-blogging.

Peter Risdon

Gone, but not forgotten.

Happy New Year All!

And here's to 2022! It's can't be worse than 2021...can it? But then I recall I asked that question last year!

Normal service will resume on Sunday.

Absent Friends...

As we begin the countdown to say a grateful farewell to the semi-disaster that was 2021 and welcome in a new year full of promise and hopefully finally free of covidbollocks, please raise a glass with me to those we have lost:

Raedwald

Captain Ranty (Blog now sadly gone dark)

Unenlightened Commentary

Anna Raccoon

Dracunculus

Bystander, a sad loss to the world of profession-blogging.

Peter Risdon

Gone, but not forgotten.

Happy New Year All!

And here's to 2021! It's can't be worse than 2020...can it? 

Normal service will resume on Saturday.

Absent Friends...

As we begin the countdown to say a grateful farewell to the disaster that was 2020 and welcome in a new year full of promise, please raise a glass with me to those we have lost:

Raedwald

Captain Ranty (Blog now sadly gone dark)

Unenlightened Commentary

Anna Raccoon

Dracunculus

Bystander, a sad loss to the world of profession-blogging.

Peter Risdon

Gone, but not forgotten.

Happy New Year All!

And here's to 2020! May it be all we wish it to be...

Normal service will resume on Thursday.

Absent Friends....

As we begin the countdown to say a fond farewell to 2019 and welcome in a new year full of promise, please raise a glass with me to those we have lost:

Captain Ranty (Blog now sadly gone dark)

Unenlightened Commentary

Anna Raccoon

Dracunculus

Bystander, a sad loss to the world of profession-blogging.

Peter Risdon

Gone, but not forgotten.

Happy New Year All!

And here's to 2019! May it be all we wish it to be...

Normal service will resume on Wednesday.

Absent Friends....

As we begin the countdown to say a fond farewell to 2018 and welcome in a new year full of promise, please raise a glass with me to those we have lost:

Captain Ranty (Blog now sadly gone dark)

Unenlightened Commentary

Anna Raccoon

Dracunculus

Bystander, a sad loss to the world of profession-blogging.

Peter Risdon

Gone, but not forgotten.

Sunday Funnies....

Ah, it's that time when everyone starts making predictions. And you had me at 'Liam Neeson plays Vengeful Snow Plow Driver'...

Happy New Year All!

And here's to 2018! May it be all we wish it to be...

Normal service will resume on Tuesday.