"Many migrants see carp, perch and roach as part of their diet and struggle to understand the concept of fishing for pleasure without eating what you catch."

"I could see this technology changing the world on the scale that email has." Ahem.

More wonderful readable commentary from Mr. Currie. Is this a 'book'? Whatever it is, it's great read.

"Missy Elliot meets Marie Lloyd"

(From the always excellent Gary Younge)

"In the end, the engines of the Railway Stories are animated solely by the Capitalist Spirit, without even the Grace of the Protestant Ethic to offer them solace."

"Last year's winner, Jack Smoothy, wrote a touching letter to his teaching assistant that made her cry."

America is "pompous and credulous"

Assertiveness -> arrogance -> rudeness, apparently.