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Send us Fan Mail Of course I didn’t mean to. These are National iconic figures whose work adds to Welsh culture as one grounded in the musical arts. The day of my disgrace started innocently enough as I prepared my weekly newsletter with its eclectic mix of politics, sport (mostly chess and tennis), and assorted personal gossip... Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and curren...

Send us Fan Mail Calon Lan: A great Welsh song Written as a tribute to one of the great musical songs (arguably a hymn, but strong hints of a more ancient Celtic influence). In part, I wanted to see what an AI version will turn out like… 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 to...

Send us Fan Mail Seconds Out New chess verses written and spoken by Tudor Rickards Queensbury chess is all the rage Put the players in a cage Hear the cry of Seconds Out Win by a checkmate - or by a knockout 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 to sign up! Follow Tudor on Twitt...

Send us Fan Mail Written and spoken by Tudor Rickards  To Sophie Rose, from top to toes  Upon this special day.  With all our wishes  And love and kisses, this is what we say  The road ahead cannot be read, How every much we hope or pray   Yours is the only future now,  and yours becomes the untrod way. Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by sign...

Send us Fan Mail Written and spoken by Tudor Rickards from articles in The Week, The Economist, and a Case study from Henley Business School. The rise and fall of Prime Minister Boris Johnson in 2022, and the subsequent disastrous loss from power of the Conservative Government in 2024 have become one of the most widely-studied cases of political decline in recent years. Refs Stay up-to-date with a...

Send us Fan Mail Written and rather badly spoken by Tudor Rickards possessor of two left hands and a wandering mind. Lyrics planned for conversion into song by Grandmaster Jon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNM44t7mcBw Bungee Jumping Boogie scrapes the rust from off your feet Diving like a multicoloured human parakeet Better than a roller-coaster, happy birthday treat Your death-defying Present i...

Send us Fan Mail Defendant's statement  TV Licensing authority v Professor Bumble It was a mistake your honour. A genuine mistake.  All my friends warn me that my trusting nature may sometimes even tip over into gullibility. I have already lost most of my savings to people claiming to be in possession of a large sum of money in my name, which they will be able to release for a modest proporti...

Send us Fan Mail The BBC has pulled off a journalistic coup, with a radio interview given by President Trump to the BBC’s Senior correspondent in America, Gary O’Donoghue. For me, it had a special resonance with the time during which I examined the relationship between the BBC and the leader of the then British government, Boris Johnson. That was to become the material published as Boris me and th...

Send us Fan Mail Could I have worked with Norman Tebbitt? An Everyday Creativity audiotape written and spoken by TR The question was asked by the diversity activist Simon Fanshawe shortly after the death was announced of the former conservative politician Norman Tebbitt, in July 2025 The Diversity By Design project develops a practical approach  to developing cultures which are sensitive to divers...

Send us Fan Mail CaveMan Rap: The True Story Tudor Rickards Inspired by Jonathan Levitt and his team of silicon helpers Way back before the wheel was there Everything in the world was square Then Caveman invented Caveman Rap With a Caveman Tap and a Caveman Clap He got too old for fishing and trapping So he invented Caveman Rapping  With a click of a stick and his knuckles cracking That’s how he i...

Send us Fan Mail A recent article in a serious current affairs journal challenged its readers to send in any suggestion for a rhyme for Netanyahu. I took up the challenge but unfortunately failed to record the name of the journal. Anyway, here are my efforts and a little background, a sort of bluffers guide to writing rhyming verse (I won’t go so far as to describe it as poetry). My first scribble...

Send us Fan Mail This is our Globe  Tudor Rickards A previously unpublished poem which seems suitable for turning into something special with more than a little help from my IT savvy friends ... WRITTEN FOR TWO VOICES THE ROUND EARTHER  THE FLATEARTHER I IMAGINE THE EFFECT TO BE LIKE THE CROWD SINGING ‘ABIDE WITH ME’ AT THE CUP FINAL: THIS IS OUR GlOBE THE ROUNDEARTHER The Earth is round, I’ll hav...

Send us Fan Mail Rainbow words. How they are contributing to dangers to our civilisation A post on the X platform recently set me thinking about its contents. It read: Here in the UK it’s dawning on many of us that rainbow words like tolerance, diversity and inclusion have been exploited to trick us into acting as stewards of our own destruction, and that if we were a bit more prejudiced and racis...

Send us Fan Mail I review the product and  packaging from the True Start coffee company. I complete this review while finishing a cup of coffee from ingredients provided by the True Start coffee company. 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 to sign up! Follow Tudor on Twitter @...

Send us Fan Mail I bring the news of a miracle that took place at the tennis club which has figured from time to time in these podcasts.  Doctor Glycol, who has also featured from time to time has conceded that something very strange has taken place although from his strictly scientific viewpoint miracles are no more than unscientific representations of scientific phenomena. I will let my audience...

Send us Fan Mail Trial October 31 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 to sign up! Follow Tudor on Twitter @ Tudortweet Follow Tudor's blogs: everydaycreativity.uk leaderswedeserve.wordpress.com

Send us Fan Mail Wit and wisdom, Early June 2025 The halfway post BREAKING: Donald Trump is reportedly demanding the FBI compile a list of everyone who uses the #TACO hashtag referencing "Trump Always Chickens Out." Doc Just heard that the government is banning Roman numerals!!  Not on my watch! Me Nice one, Doc. IV or IIII ? Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and c...

Send us Fan Mail I awake  to the rumbling of a large vehicle pulling up outside my front drive. My bedside alarm says 5.30am.  Had my cover been blown?  I had been expecting something every day for months since my messages to one address remain unanswered. My pretence of ignoring visible security measures in a neighbourhood of otherwise securely-barricaded houses had always been no more than a hop...

Send us Fan Mail Bigger than Hollywood. Bigger than Bollywood. The romance between the most powerful political leader in the world and the richest man in the world crashed and burned in the space of a few days. Closest friends have always whispered that it was always a matter of time before, in the words of the song, they would have to call the whole thing off. Why? The gossip sheets of Washington...

Send us Fan Mail "We all know someone who avoids the items on the front shelf in supermarkets”. This proposition was put forward recently by a friend of mine who writes under the pseudonym of Shoab Molvi.  Shoab“ specialises in quirky puns of the kind which appeals to those with whom he shares his sense of humour. Writing on one of his favourite outlets, namely X formally known as Twitter, he...

Send us Fan Mail Eco’s fourteen features of fascism In a much-quoted article in the  New York Review of Books, in 1995, the philosopher and novelist Umberto Eco reflects on his direct experience of fascism.  Eco typically refuses refuses patronise his readers, which can make him difficult to follow. In one of his own books he advised readers not to bother unless they were prepared to work hard at...

Send us Fan Mail TACO stands for "Trump Always Chickens Out," a mischievous phrase coined by Financial Times columnist Robert Armstrong in an opinion piece on May 2, 2025. He was referring  to Trump's pattern of announcing steep tariffs only to backpedal in the face of market turmoil. Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing...

Send us Fan Mail Apologies for even more flubs than usual TR 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 to sign up! Follow Tudor on Twitter @ Tudortweet Follow Tudor's blogs: everydaycreativity.uk leaderswedeserve.wordpress.com

Send us Fan Mail  Gary Lineker’s departure from the BBC: The uneasy relationship between sport and politics. The uneasy relationship between sport and politics is demonstrated by the case of Gary Lineker, a former international football star who became the BBC’s highest paid sports journalist. Linacre’s engaging style contributed to a high profile career after his retirement from football, which i...

Send us Fan Mail What’s more boring than watching paint dry? Answer: Attending  the AGM of a Chess league. This audio record of one such experience has two purposes. It is a summary of my attendance at the annual general meeting of Stockport chess league which took place on Wednesday, the 14th of May It is also an attempt at catharsis on my part of the experience.  I may have exaggerated some poin...