Olympics, the "Blair" witch and my hair 

Olympics, the "Blair" witch and my hair

I see Britain claimed only a single medal in the winter Olympics. It seems that all we do is moan about our long, cold, damp winter months, but when it comes to an area of sport where you would think our climate would help us we are as inept as ever.

I read today that Blair (not the witch) is exemplifying a specific school as a future model for one of his many sickening “babies” – this time privatising the funding (and no doubt control) of state education. I t strikes me as amazing beyond belief that the very school in question is in fact state and not privately funded! How is this an example of what the opposite system can provide!



Today I had my hair cut, a regular occurrence, but what is quite unusual is the fact that my hair dresser is the same guy who started cutting my hair when I was around 11 or 12. I briefly went else where (for 4 or 5 years) when he opened some shops/salons in London, but returned to him when he moved back to the north of England. The amazing thing is that when I was a kid, he (naturally) was an adult, but somehow his appearance has barely changed and now I think of him as someone of my own generation – a peer – all very odd.