Dabbler Heroes: Sid Waddell

  For years hence there will be gnarled Geordies huddled over schooners of broon and Red Bull, claiming they were there in the auditorium when Sid Waddell uttered the immortal phrase: His eyes are bulging like the belly of a hungry chaffinch.* And their wide-eyed children’s children will be perched on their ... Read More...

Like a Bognor Banksy (but better)

Across the towns, beaches and countryside of West Sussex are placed the  Cardboard Reality Interventions of the indefatigable artist, ukulele-virtuoso and friend of The Dabbler, Outa_Spaceman. We approve. Marine Gardens, Aldwick:   Clyming Beach: Bognor Regis: 8424 ... Read More...

Green’s Dictionary of Slang: Death

Jonathon Green - visit his website here - is the English language's leading lexicographer of slang. His Green's Dictionary of Slang is quite simply the most comprehensive and authorative work on slang ever published. Today, Jonathon looks at death... ’E’s not pinin’! ‘E’s passed on! This parrot is no more! He ... Read More...