Friday, June 24, 2005

Critic in the Sky

Friday, 24 June 2005

You’d think they would take the hint. The ultimate critic upstairs has again sent torrential rain down on Glastonbury, zapped a hole in the beer tent with a bolt of lightning, taken Radio 1 off-air for over two hours and caused the first two acts to be cancelled. So get message — He, She, It, They (mustn’t be accused of being pantheonist) in the sky isn’t keen on Glastonbury and specifically the Kaiser Chiefs and Baby Shambles.

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Lost in Translation

Friday, 24 June 2005

Sir John Bourn on NHS finances: “If we have another five years like the last, things will be getting quite difficult. “We will have another five years of just managing to keep the show on the road before the whole carriage goes into the ditch. It won’t go into the ditch, it won’t be finished. But it will still be disappointing.” Pardon? You mean it might go tits up, but then again it won’t?

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