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Send us Fan Mail Doc continues his punning streak… I taught my four year old son how to use the word abundance in a sentence. He said: Thanks Dad that really means a lot! I’ve been meaning to mention this often-repeated tweet which seems designed to convince very dim people how they may be able to conceal their dimness. "My friends think I'm a crypto genius, (I'm not) it's beca...

Send us Fan Mail Is it me, or is the collection of bins beyond the capabilities of a householder like myself? For several weeks, I had noticed that my green bin was not collected on the designated day, which happens to be Thursdays. To be precise, I mean emptied of the garden and household waste it contained. Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary b...

Send us Fan Mail The press waited in expectation for the latest announcement from Donald Trump. They had been promised sensational news which would be the biggest news even of this administration. The fortunate reporters who had passed the loyalty test permitting them access to breaking news waited agog. Had the invasion of Canada begun? Had Israeli prime minister Netanyahu sealed the agreement th...

Send us Fan Mail The April 1 announcement came as no surprise to the many supporters of the philosopher and cricketer Sir Geoffrey Boycott whose work has been much admired in intellectual circles for many years. The announcement cited his contribution to economics in general, and to his conceptualisation of the corridor of uncertainty. The corridor of uncertainty is a term now popularised by Boyco...

Send us Fan Mail At one level, tennis has a squeaky clean reputation with images of strawberries and cream at Wimbledon, smartly dressed officials and players following the written and unwritten rules of the game. However, there is a dark side to tennis. Every so often a bad boy or a bad girl erupts on the court and into the media. Perhaps the most celebrated was John you can’t be serious McEnroe....

Send us Fan Mail Seth, Anil. Being you: A new science of consciousness. Penguin, 2021. The nature of human creativity has been increasingly recognised as a route to understanding artificial intelligence, and the mimicry of human behaviours by the emerging chatbot systems.  Consequently, Being You, by the distinguished neuroscientist Professor Anil Seth, arrives at a significant time. As I read it,...

Send us Fan Mail We continue the era of American liberation from exploitation by the rest of the world. I will try to squeeze other news and perhaps some with a little wit and wisdom … The story so far. President Trump’s announcement of his plan to MAGA produces a substantial negative effect on stock markets and criticism from economists in an unusual show of agreement. Stay up-to-date with all of...

Send us Fan Mail The headlines are striking. ‘Chess robot grabs and breaks finger of seven year old opponent’ The vicious act of nipper nipping took place in a demonstration event in Moscow. It seems that the robot had been programmed in turn-taking. Its human opponent moves a piece from one chess board square to another. The robot differentiates legal and illegal chess moves. If the move is legal...

Send us Fan Mail Defining a woman. The legal case challenging the terms ‘woman’ and ‘sex’ in the equality legislation (2010) April 17 2025 The case was brought by Women For Scotland, a gender critical organisation, against ministers of the Scottish Parliament. The case eventually reached the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, whose ruling was announced this week.  Stay up-to-date with all of Tud...

Send us Fan Mail No, it’s not because they both wrote a book. Over a billion copies of Mao’s little red book is believed to have been printed. The Art of the Deal has reached a puny million copies.  It’s because President Trump’s leadership is increasingly being compared with Mao’s disastrous attempt to transform China, known as the Cultural Revolution. Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's pod...

Send us Fan Mail Confession. I am referring to my own sad case, having eventually accepted that my aging tennis bag was in serious need of restoration to some minimum level of acceptability on the hygiene front.  Yes, a weekly sequence of spills from water bottles, biscuits, sunscreen lotions, muddy boots, energy drinks, unwashed sportswear and assorted sandwiches had taken its toll on it. The las...

Send us Fan Mail A joke attributed to the great Irish comedian and raconteur,Dave Allen. The joke has been related many times and I was reminded of it recently on the website Quora in an entry by Roland Wyvern of Brighton in England.  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 sig...

Send us Fan Mail Wish I could have found more on other news items, but what became known as Signalgate had peak billing as March drew to a close, and Donald Trump’s tariff tantrums then pushed itheir way to dominate the highlights.  @Acyn Reporter: Can you share how your information about war plans was shared with a journalist?  Hegseth: So you are talking about a deceitful and highly discredited...

Send us Fan Mail Controligarchs by Seamus Bruner. Book Review by Tudor Rickards Reviewer’s warning: The book presents a perspective which other commentators have described as promoting conspiracy theories. 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 Donald Trump Coup. Sensational News revealed in a leaked Signal message Deadline April 1st 2025 Donald Trump was captured in a successful coup overnight. The news was revealed in a leaked Signal message.  The instigators had mistakenly added the name of a British Journalist, Sandy Darricks, who posted a redacted version on X reproduced here Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's...

Send us Fan Mail This is a story which started with the editing of a textbook about leadership and is turning into a case study of the dilemma of leadership in the national health service... 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 F...

Send us Fan Mail Conspiracy theories. The assassination of President Kennedy In March 2025, a a bizarre example of a conspiracy theory occurred as the voluminous records of the assassination of President Kennedy were released for public scrutiny. At almost the same time, a conspiracy theory developed that the assassination had been carried out by a popular English television actress of the time, P...

Send us Fan Mail England’s football team has a new manager, Thomas Teuchel. According to the British football pundits, the role is one the hardest in the world in which an incumbent can succeed. This in part is an indisputable measure of a national team’s success, namely winning the highest of prizes,  the World Cup. The significance has grown since the failure to win the Cup since 1966. Stay up-t...

Send us Fan Mail Wit and Wisdom March 2025 The news continues to be dominated by Trumpet calls from the West (Wing). Are we yet at peak Trump? @HagwithAttitude Forgot to tell you of my great achievement yesterday!!! I managed to open a pack of bacon using the ‘peel here’ tab, and not the kitchen knife! Me I’m adding that to my examples of Everyday Creativity The Free Press “For Americans who still...

Send us Fan Mail BBC 2 attempts to do for chess what Like Littler is doing for darts, generate mass interest in a niche sport. I watch with mixed emotions, having turned down an invitation to take part mainly out of cowardice. So watch out for a version of non-buyer’s regret in my commentary on the first episode of Chess Masters: The Endgame So, here’s my take on the event. I settle in sofa commen...

Send us Fan Mail The Glorious Victory of the B team adds a Footnote to Chess History It is well known in our league that East Cheadle Chess club B team also known as the east Chile buffaloes are prone to surprise their opponents, often scoring well in unexpected ways. And so it was recently as reported by our inspiring captain Jim.  I have taken his graceful elegantly scripted account and added a...

Send us Fan Mail Wit and Wisdom, late February 2025 Still heavily biased towards political posts. I tried and failed to find a wider set… Me PMQs 6 questions about a refugee permitted entry to the U.K.  2 questions about sorting out Donald Trump 0 questions about the Gaza ceasefire 0 questions about global warming 0 questions about the economy Did I miss anything? @NicholasTyrone I’m always amazed...

Send us Fan Mail Sporting Dilemmas. The Case of the Virtual Assistant Referee. Sporting progress has always been measured. The metrics may vary, but the prize goes to athlete or team considered to have carried out the best performance, be it speed, distance, height, accuracy of core tasks or endurance. Sport requires judgement.  As a sport develops and becomes professionalised so do the role of ju...

Send us Fan Mail The rarely-played Trumposki gambit has hit the headlines for its continued use by its devoted followers who believe it to be the greatest gambit of all time.  The gambit was played in an acrimonious match in the  opulent settings of the Trumposki Towers recently. The match, sponsored by Aeroflot airlines, was played according the Newchess rules, in which the home team has a second...

Send us Fan Mail In our league match this week, the most interesting point about my game was how I managed to convert a completely lost position into a draw. I’m not sure how much is Chess skill and how much is a psychology applied to escape from defeat. Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter!  Email everydaycreativit...