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Webcurios 28/08/26

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Published: August 28, 2026 06:23

Reading Time: 38 minutes   Hm, it does rather feel that Summer is now OVER – not, to be clear, that I am complaining about the fact that it is no longer threemillion degrees, but there’s been a feeling this week of the world rather rolling its sleeves up…

Webcurios 21/08/26

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Published: August 21, 2026 06:23

Reading Time: 36 minutes Got to be honest, it has been a genuinely HORRIBLE week in Discourse Land, specifically the UK bit of it, and I have had quite enough of the web for the moment. I am off to do Good Works (and eat jerk chicken) in Catford – you…

Webcurios 14/08/26

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Published: August 14, 2026 06:23

Reading Time: 37 minutes   Did any of you feel a strange, almost-irresistible desire to stare at the sun on Wednesday? No? Oh, ok, fine. Anyway, it was a genuinely lovely moment here in London as people flooded the streets and did the unthinkable, talking…

Webcurios 07/08/26

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Published: August 7, 2026 06:23

Reading Time: 41 minutes   I am approximately 38 minutes away from one of my godchildren showing up and demanding to be fed and, presumably, entertained (I plan on showing them Web Curios and then going to the pub, alone); as such, we’re once again…

Webcurios 31/07/26

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Published: July 31, 2026 06:23

Reading Time: 36 minutes   You know what I learned during my recent trip to Rome? That 40 degrees is TOO HOT. Also, that the city’s state apparatus is so fcuked for money that when you go to the council offices they literally have signs up saying “WE DO…

Webcurios 17/07/26

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Published: July 17, 2026 06:23

Reading Time: 40 minutes   Can I offer you a piece of advice? Next time it’s incredibly hot, if someone suggests to you that you spend nine hours at a dayrave, taking place in what are effectively two massive car parks surrounded by concrete walls, that…

Webcurios 10/07/26

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Published: July 10, 2026 06:23

Reading Time: 43 minutes   Can we not, please, have a month or so off? I know that the political and media classes in the UK are addicted to CAMPAIGNING – governing, not so much! – but, Jesus, can it not just STOP for a bit? Anyway, you can get all your…

Webcurios 03/07/26

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Published: July 3, 2026 06:23

Reading Time: 44 minutes   Does it feel like a good idea to encourage a country with a not-insignificantly-problematic relationship to booze, a general vibe that might best be described as ‘a bit febrile’, and where the link between ‘poor national team…

Webcurios 26/06/26

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Published: June 26, 2026 06:23

Reading Time: 39 minutes   Yes, it has been warm. Welcome to the rest of your lives, fcukos – to paraphrase the excellent song, “we were the generation which decided we needed everything now, all the time, and refused to compromise on our desires, and we…

Webcurios 19/06/26

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Published: June 19, 2026 06:23

Reading Time: 37 minutes   ANDY IS COMING! ANDY WILL SAVE US! ANDY WILL MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER! Yes, that’s right, thanks to Labour’s byelection victory overnight we can now look forward to several weeks more tedious Westminster soap opera as two…