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Sunday, 8th November 2009

Robert McNeil

Robert McNeil: Pint of happiness and a half of bonhomie please. Cheers! OH, THE crittur, the drink! The subject of alcohol is so stressful now, it would make anyone reach for the bottle. It's good for you. It's bad for you. Moderation is the key, but we're human and so, every now and then, we say: "Away w

Let's hear it for the fatties – the noise of crunching crisps IT'S time someone spoke up for lardbuckets. Bullied by a slimmist press, banned from public transport and many churches, even blamed for global warming (they put their carbon finger in many pies with their insatiable appetites bringing press

Robert McNeil: Why do the country set ruin the country? I LEFT you last week as I was experiencing a mild attack of the heebie-jeebies in my Galloway holiday cottage. The ostensibly cosy nook's book collection included an Encyclopedia of Witchcraft, some blood-horror novels, and a golf autobiography.

Robert McNeil: Lemonheads there may be, we're not all fruitcakes UNTIL yesterday, if you'd spoken to me about the Lemonheads, I'd have assumed you were talking about a pop group and, ever the eager bluffer, would have cobbled together pithy remarks about their tight sound and compelling beat. How I would h

Robert McNeil: Back to the 50s… you've never had it so funny

Robert McNeil: Getting away from it all is easier said than done

Robert McNeil: Looks like it's crunch time for prince's biscuits. Crumbs

Robert McNeil: 'I love a latte, the warm milk appeals to the infant in me'

Robert McNeil: At Ikea, even a simpleton can feel like a practical man

Robert McNeil: If I see another depressing Munch painting, I'll scream

Robert McNeil: Low self esteem has its high points, the only way is down

Robert McNeil: Dolphins and cheap beer – what more could one want?

Robert McNeil: A world safe for Wimbledon is worth an arm and a leg

Robert McNeil: If the past was so rubbish, why am I so wistful about it?

Robert McNeil: Omission impossible, even for Arnie

Robert McNeil: Champion of the tumshies is far from a basket-case

Robert McNeil: In times of stress, whistle up some courage

Robert McNeil: A date for your diary: Don't miss debate on the Calman Omission

Robert McNeil: Apocalypse now as neds top toffs for blood-lust

Robert McNeil: I have a new friend who flits in and out of my life

Robert McNeil: Down and out in Edinburgh and London, Labour looks back to future

Robert McNeil: It's damn hard work being a liar – and that's the truth

Robert McNeil: Surfers v poets – a drink off between the melancholic and exuberant

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