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Send us Fan Mail I started collecting puns from Twitter  some months ago and discovered a disproportionate number were being produced by a few punsters. One such goes under the Twitter label Tolly TB who describes himself as a bacon butty munching ex-rugby player older than the pyramids' application order . He adds that oval balls are harder to juggle. I’ve recently found myself in Twitter co...

Send us Fan Mail I watch the Wales Scotland rugby match being played at Murrayfield which is not named after Andy Murray. I am watching out of duty rather than for pleasure.  It is the second round of the six Nations international competition. In the first round Wales playing in their fortress at the millennium Stadium Cardiff which is named after the Millenium date not after the Milennium Dome. T...

Send us Fan Mail Saturday 11th of February 2023. The Welsh rugby team heads for Scotland after a traumatic beating in Cardiff by Ireland last week.  There was a time when Scotland were Wales’s  bunnies.  And there was a time when Wales reigned supreme as the Northern Hemisphere champion rugby players. This was  the era when competition was for the Triple Crown. The four teams competing were Scotla...

Send us Fan Mail Wednesday 8 February 2023 Volodymyr Zelensky The Ukrainian President arrives to London with a clear and simple message to the assembled politicians and the nation. Give us your fighter jets.. It was a speech that will be studied and which will enter the history books. Partly for its rhetoric and manner of presentation. But partly because it may eventually prove to mark a dramatic...

Send us Fan Mail Book lovers on social media have drawn attention to the rise in numbers books banned from American schools as a result of what seems to be a growing and orchestrated movement.  The Banned Books Week is  an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. It is sponsored by a wide range of literary organisations.   The campaign began in 1982 to celebrate the first amendment (specifica...

Send us Fan Mail Johnathan Escoffery is a young black American author who has published his debut work, a collected series of short stories. The Guardian book reviewer Ian Williams examines the book, and the impact of the author's ignoring the advice from 'writing instructors' about writing in the second person (the 'you' in the title) to explore the nature of the first pe...

Send us Fan Mail This was the story sounding like a headline from the Star.  It was told me earlier today by my scientific friend Dr Glycol.  "It’s an example of giantism", he explained. "I’m driving over to witness the site for myself.  More evidence is required before we can say how worms the size of a metro train are able to produce young. Even a normal-sized earthworm possesses...

Send us Fan Mail This is a true story, but I am explaining it as a teaser for those who enjoy puzzles. Background My closest family and friends will agree that my social life is not one of glittering highlights. I enjoy lumbering about a tennis court in what is certainly more social than highly skilled tennis. I travel to my chess club once a week for the pulsating pleasure of more competitive and...

Send us Fan Mail Rugby Union has announced plans for dealing with head injuries and permanent brain damage among players at all levels. The move follows high profile cases in football. Studies have identified Rugby as among the most violent games in which impact injuries lead to permanent damage and eventually contributing to mortalities. Such cases have drawn attention to the victims as well as t...

Send us Fan Mail The East Cheshire social chess evening has become a feast of blitz chess, blitz heroes, Cordon Bleu snacks, vintage wines, all in the luxury venue of the Cheadle Hulme Instutute (Valet parking for overflow competitors). Or maybe I have been a little carried away by the promotional drive which has resulted into a flood of new members into the club. On this day, the tournament regis...

Send us Fan Mail Wendy Lockinge relates an unpleasant visit from her old rival Detective Inspector 'Prudence' Parrswoode with his new assistant DC Dokic. They inform her that a member of her staff has been exchanging suspicious messages with a young girl, revealing her identity as Jessica. Parrswoode contrives to speak privately with Wendy, offering two days to find out the truth or othe...

Send us Fan Mail My investigation into the most closely-kept secrets in the world of ballet began with a statement from Dr Glycol. We were taking a coffee at a location I have agreed not to reveal. The good Doctor was looking even more morose than usual. Our casual discussion about mutual ailments was petering out, with a marginal edge for Dr Gycol for his badly sprained wrist. Sustained, he expla...

Send us Fan Mail I report on a near-fatal incident on the notorious Urmston Roundabout recently. My journey began outside the East Cheshire Chess Club headquarters on Church Road, Cheadle Hulme. Our team was led by Captain Steve (Also known as Steve the Gardener, to distinguish him from all the other Steves  in the club). The weather conditions were bad, with icy roads and subzero temperatures.  W...

Send us Fan Mail Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand announces her retirement, giving her party time to select a new leader for the upcoming election. In 2020, Leaders We Deserve nominated her as Leader of the Month. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacinda_Ardern In 2019, she was shortlisted for Times Person of the year and was spoken of as a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize for her lea...

Send us Fan Mail It was with some concern I received a message recently from Tennis William, an indispensable member of our social tennis group, and incidentally the person who came up with the name Tudorama. William, for all his undoubted creative skills, including his undercut forehand shot, can at times get carried away with a new idea. This seems to be happening at present. I quote his message...

Send us Fan Mail I received my replacement machine today. I thought the deliverers would set it up for me. They did. I thought they would demonstrate the controls. They did. It’s easy they said. It isn’t. With some assertiveness, I asked them to ‘get it working’ They said they could. I watched as the machine sprung into life.  Purring like a well maintained Rolls Royce.  This is the test run, they...

Send us Fan Mail What to do after a pothole accident Welcome to our programme Pothole Peril being streamed around the world. In the Studio, we have Mrs Amanda Trigg from Little Chalfont who is a typical pothole sufferer, MP Felicity Blythe, her MP, and special guest Albert Pestle, also known as Mr Pothole, of the Flatten the Potholes campaign. I’m going to ask Amanda to kick us off. Amanda, you ar...

Send us Fan Mail Millions of fans of the Monty Python gang will recognise the film Life of Brian, which reminded me of the antics of Andrew Tate, currently under police custody in Romania, for charges related the child trafficking.  In the Film, the eponymous Brian is mistaken for the Messiah. As his fame and number of followers grew, his exasperated mother declaimed the famous words which became...

Send us Fan Mail In which the Pelicans arrive at Urmston’s ground to find themselves locked out and drenched, as part of Clogger’s dirty tricks. Billy Bobble stands outside the locked door of the Outlaw’s changing room, getting wetter than a duck in a thunderstorm. Beside him, Martin is inside his Pelican outfit which gives him a little more protection.  Billy is doing his mental rehearsal for the...

Send us Fan Mail Dr Glycol’s Chemical Cooking. Boneless Lamb Leg Joint I learn from Dr Glycol about his latest chemical cooking experiment. ‘I’ve been cornered’ he said, ‘I agreed to try out an upmarket product. Marks and Spencer actually’. It seemed our mutual friend Cordon Bleu Judy had decided Glycol would change his ways, if only he would try food cooked with what he called unnecessary ingredi...

Send us Fan Mail According to an Instagram post authenticated with an image, a Swedish delivery driver left a large parcel of fresh fruit and veg jammed into a pram occupied by a sleeping baby. I had found yet another example of everyday creativity through which the routine is elevated into a memorable event. The mother rang the company to complain and the driver, apparently stricken with remorse,...

Send us Fan Mail Newly released from their hospital beds, the EC pensioners were persuaded to face the might of Blue Stilton CC.  Leaving their guide dogs at the door and supported by the (relative) youth of Captain Ahab and New recruit Steve Gouda, they were shown to the tables. ‘Remind me how a knight moves Gouda', wheezed Gorgonzola George. Shocked by a surprise e4, he moved the first pawn...

Send us Fan Mail Twitter continues its new uncharted course, with Captain Ahab (aka Captain Musk) at the helm. His willingness to accept tweets 'in the interests of a libertarian philosophy' begins to have unexpected consequences.  Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter!  Email everydaycreativityuk@gmail.com...

Send us Fan Mail Billy Bobble and the Poynton Pelicans. A Football Fantasy Chapter 1. The Grudge Match against the Urmston Outlaws Billy Bobble is the star of the Poynton Pelicans junior football team. He plays on the left wing. In a match against their bitter rivals, the Urmston Outlaws he is injured by Ryan Clogger, the dirtiest player in the league. He is out of action for the vital league cup...

Send us Fan Mail John Keane is alerted to problems at Meniscus by an old colleague, the brilliant scientist Hari Antonocropolis. Hari arranges a secret meeting with John. Hari finds someone watching John but is able to communicate his news. He was recruited by Dr Trescothick before the explosion which killed the head of the laboratory to help identify someone at Meniscus working for some powerful...