March 2012 Archives

A Budget of Delusions

By Jocelyn Ireson-Paine on March 21, 2012 12:45 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

In a psychiatric ward. Two doctors walk past a Napoleon. One says to the other, looking at a George Osborne ahead who is holding up a Budget briefcase bearing the initials G.O.: 'And this one believes he has an economy.'

Drought Orders (1)

By Jocelyn Ireson-Paine on March 16, 2012 7:46 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Radcliffe Square, with a student determinedly poling a wheeled punt over the cobbles. A man reading a newspaper stares at him. Both his paper, and a newsboard, proclaim 'Drought', 'No Rain', 'No Water', 'Thames Empty'. The Radcliffe Camera is gazing down in mild surprise, the 'portholes' in its dome being its eyes.

'Hosepipe ban will be a real struggle', Oxford Mail Tuesday 13th March 2012.

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