

Hi-ho, Hi-ho, Away from Home We Go
A mass migration takes place around Britain this week and next. Up to 428,000 young people will leave home. Almost half a million new...
Ted Dunphy
Sep 9, 20163 min read


New school beginnings
Thousands of pupils around England went to new places in their education today. Reception classes blended those who have been socialised...
Ted Dunphy
Sep 5, 20164 min read


Who do you think you are?
William Ainsworth, three pints into his Friday night quota, announced to no one in particular that he was applying for an Irish passport....
Ted Dunphy
Aug 29, 20164 min read


Counting the cost
A BBC commentator said the gold medals Team GB won at the Rio Olympics cost £4 million each. He forgot to take into account the cost of...
Ted Dunphy
Aug 24, 20164 min read


The A*ABC of success
Every secondary school in the country wakes up on the third Thursday of August each year with a mixture of anxiety, hope and feigned...
Ted Dunphy
Aug 18, 20164 min read


Counting Australians
My friends in Adelaide told me someone counted how many people were living in Australia on 9th August 2016. Why would anyone want to know...
Ted Dunphy
Aug 15, 20163 min read


Voices crying
Jeremy Corbyn isn’t the problem. Nor is he the solution. He is the voice speaking for those who know what the real problem is. He is in a...
Ted Dunphy
Aug 2, 20163 min read


Speak for yourself
I am fed up hearing whinging self-serving publicists moaning about ‘our generation’ and the damage we oldies have done. These...
Ted Dunphy
Jul 29, 20163 min read


Mum's the word
At last we have a leader of the country whose choice of shoes, dress sense and hairstyle can rightfully become the legitimate focus of...
Ted Dunphy
Jul 13, 20163 min read


Where have all the experts gone? Far, far away
Pete the Stump left the pub last night without saying good night to anyone and without upsetting the barmaid by inviting her to his place...
Ted Dunphy
Jul 9, 20163 min read


What Prick Bursts Your Balloon?
Physicists tell us that once you inflate a balloon with regular, atmospheric air, the air inside will have a greater pressure than the...
Ted Dunphy
Jul 6, 20163 min read


Chemically Restrained
The phrase ‘chemically restrained’ does what it says on the tin – it incapacitates patients, rendering them totally docile and at the...
Ted Dunphy
Jun 30, 20164 min read


In/out, turned out to be, shake it all about
We had a vote. One part of the population said, go this way, a slightly smaller part of the population said, go that way. Now there is a...
Ted Dunphy
Jun 27, 20163 min read


Living in Cloud Cuckoo Land - What Next?
Following the announcement of the Referendum result, the triumvirate of Johnston, Gove and Farage, aka the Divine Leaders, announced that...
Ted Dunphy
Jun 25, 20164 min read


























