The biggest funeral I have ever seen. I can count 7 black cars with huge flower arrangements on top, but there may be more round the corner. Two hearses, because the flowers wouldn’t fit in just one. Dozens – possibly hundreds – of people. A speaker set up outside to broadcast to the inevitable overspill. I have no idea who the man they’re there for is (I intially wondered if they were re-burying Diana), but he’s “Daddy”, “Uncle” and “Pal”. A woman with a double pushchair went in before everyone else. Details tell a bit of the story…

Fuck’s sake. I set the settings, I know I did, so anonymous comments were not allowed. Somehow that setting changed and the fucks spammed my blog. And it’s not like their urls even do anything! Fuckers! Deleting…

I don’t want your stupid free newspaper!

They’re like a plague in London right now. Walk 20 yards down any street (this is in the City, not sure about elsewhere, but I imagine it’s similar for most of the centre) and you could theoretically end up clutching 13 papers. Not different papers, mind. 7 copies of London Lite and 6 of thelondonpaper. On Friday they were handing out bits of the Telegraph. Enough! At least give me an alternative to all these right-wing publications (London Lite is produced by Associated Newspapers, fount of all things Daily Mail, thelondonpaper is Murdoch’s News International. The Torygraph hardly needs an introduction).

And they’re so bloody aggressive at the moment. I understand it’s something to do with gaining the distribution right within the stations themselves (as Associated’s Metro does in the mornings), but fuck! Back off, baseball cap-wearing paper-muggers! If I want it, I’ll take it. Don’t shove it at me.

Having said all that, if you need something to wrap your kitchen waste in before putting it in the recycling bin it’s an ideal situation out there…

Review for the Nicolas Cage-starring remake of The Wicker Man now up. Coming soon – Clerks II review that I forgot to write at the time!

Pete wins. Angels still get their wings. Hurrah for everything and oh god the British public have let me down again. They were doing so well! Nikki came out fifth! Then Aisleyne came out third and, well, then I dunno. Went to another channel.