Category Archives: crude satire

a proper blog post

Posted on September 30, 2018 by jonathan trustram

A PROPER BLOG I said to myself, Titchmarsh, you fucking prat, for he had landed on the mat with his neatly swept back hair and complacent smile, arms folded, with words from SunLife we are meant to imagine him saying: … Continue reading →

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searching for vibrant, august 2017

Posted on August 23, 2017 by jonathan trustram

(and isn’t it infuriating how they keep turning adjectives into pretentious nouns?) I wrote about my search for the epic, vibrant South Bank here: new outrage in SE1. I’ve been there a few times since, always hopeful. The mix of heritage … Continue reading →

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Icons in SE1

Posted on June 29, 2017 by jonathan trustram

David ‘Born to Dare’ Beckham is currently appearing, in rotation with various “punks” for Brewdog, on a monument, a stainless steel hoarding near the Imax roundabout in Waterloo which serves to block off the view of the National Theatre, those … Continue reading →

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deck chair knee jerk

Posted on June 29, 2017 by jonathan trustram

Some time last year the Minister for Transport, whoever that was and what ever the department is now called, rejected the Mayor of London’s request that more suburban rail services be added to the Overground network and no longer be … Continue reading →

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new outrage in SE1

Posted on May 21, 2017 by jonathan trustram

I’ve been thinking about writing about this for a few weeks now. And I’ve got the photos. I can’t decide whether  it’s a completely cynical project by  developers who maybe controlled and perverted the intentions of all those who took … Continue reading →

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back on familiar ground

Posted on November 9, 2016 by jonathan trustram

see also remembering and forgetting, the bombing of Dresden I was soon back home on familiar ground, where the obligation to remember certain things in certain ways grows ever stronger. Mrs May is outraged that the England football team is not … Continue reading →

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scum

Posted on January 9, 2016 by jonathan trustram

Shakespeare’s history plays. 1315. The middle of the Hundred Years War. Henry V, uneasy in his possession of the English throne, because his father killed Richard II to get it, has decided to assert once more an old family claim … Continue reading →

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At Vodnikov Dom 6 the way up, cars, entitlement.

Posted on October 30, 2014 by jonathan trustram

I approached Vodnikov Dom through the narrow valley of the Mostnica. Within a wooded valley is a narrow gorge of roundly sculpted limestone where the water runs green and deep. Then further up the valley, past a refuge/restaurant where shiny … Continue reading →

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On urinating

Posted on June 4, 2012 by jonathan trustram

The first sign that something is afoot comes as I approach Blackfriars Bridge on friday afternoon on the way home from work and see a regiment of portaloos. When Gerry told me about the crowds for Chelsea’s triumphant parade he … Continue reading →

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jubilee

Posted on June 3, 2012 by jonathan trustram

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June 3 2012, a nation rejoices.

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