Finally I read Voltaire’s Candide! What a splendid farrago of nonsense woven apparently drunkenly or high on something more exotic, around a profound philosophical debate between optimism and pessimism. The characters of Pangloss the eternal optimist “everything is for the…
Britz Shitz Amongst the Nations Brexitations! This Boris Blitz Defines The lines of glitz The Britz Snort up in bits And Bobs The nobs deride And chortle on the other side! While the Good Ship Brit Drifts Toward the cataract…
How Jeremy Clarkson makes a fool of himself and his readers! It’s not just about Greta. Look, we have all been highly impressed by the fact that a sixteen-year old Swedish girl felt so strongly about the Climate Crisis that…
At last I can announce – the WINNER! Or rather, I can’t. The BEST MEGASAGA was undoubtedly BLOW by Mr GL, who only wants to be known as Grigor. Those of you who read my blogs regularly will recognise the…
The next time I speak to you I may be dead. I may not be. At my age, I may be dead any time. I often think I died years ago, this is just a dream. It may appear to…
Donald Trump! Boris Johnson! Jeremy Corbyn! Bolsonaro! Erdogan! Putin! The modern day baddies, at least to half the world. But to the other half? To their mothers? In this tutorial, we will explore how to develop a convincing villain in fiction,…
Exercise: Please have a good look at him or her. Yes, I mean the person in nearest proximity to you right now. If there’s no-one near you right now, go to the park. Hop on a bus or tube. Sit…
Welcome to the second great MEGASAGA competition! The entries for the first one were superb, and the winner has enjoyed her £100 prize. (See http://jonelkon.com/the-megasaga-100-goes-to/) THE RULES (Note: these have been slightly adapted since the first competition – it’s…
SECRETS, LIES AND SURPRISE! And AIDA!…. What are the basics of a good joke? Start with the ordinary. Then surprise! And people laugh because the unexpected snuck up on them like a sudden feather up the nose. Here are some…
