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CLACTON BY-ELECTION UPDATE

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BREAKING: Count Binface to Farage — "I’ll fix the hand dryer"       A statement from Count Binface, the only candidate currently challenging Reform leader Nigel Farage in the upcoming Clacton By-Election. A SCANDAL THAT MUST BE SOLVED Loyal Countbinistas will know that I don’t just solve intergalactic trade disputes. I also sweat the local stuff too. On Earth, one of my key policy pledges is the DISGRACEFUL location of the hand dryer in the gents’ urinals at the Crown & Treaty pub in Uxbridge, West London. I pledge that if I am elected to public office I will move it to a more sensible position, so that this tiny part of the galaxy can have peace, justice, and less danger of splash-back. In a remarkable coincidence, I was lunching today with my friends Paul and Mike in the Crown & Treaty in Uxbridge.       As former intrepid Reuters journalists we were again in the right place at the right time. And we weren’t going to miss an exclus...

LIVERPOOL'S STREET ART

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Liverpool's Street Art     So - all aboard for a Magical Mystery Tour. A splendid time is guaranteed for all.     I always look forward to returning to the city where I was a student from 1966-1969. It's home to not only my favourite band but also my favourite football club. This trip down memory (and Penny) lane was especially nostalgic because tracking down Liverpool's best street art took me back to some of my old haunts, well away from the city centre, where the scouse accents become even broader - particularly those of the bin men around Anfield.  Scouse was once described as a mixture of Irish and catarrh.    This post divides (more or less seamlessly ?) into four parts: Liverpool Street Art; Beatles Street Art; Liverpool for Day Trippers; Liverpool FC Street Art. Liam Bononi       Katerina Johnson-Thompson                                   ...