http://sharonandjames.co.uk/blog/ Surfing the sea of conjecture en-gb I break down what makes What Is Love such a classic lyric, and compare it with William Blake. http://sharonandjames.co.uk/blog/250515-haddaway.shtml Thu, 15 May 25 22:51 GMT Various notes on the hot Trump-tariff issue. Are they green? Are they socialist? Can we start opening factories? What would Tressell think? http://sharonandjames.co.uk/blog/250407-tariffs.shtml Mon, 7 Apr 25 23:04 GMT As we wait for the Euro 2024 final, here's a fun quiz and my team of the tournament. http://sharonandjames.co.uk/blog/240712-euro.shtml Fri, 12 Jul 24 22:20 GMT Glory be: I have managed to recover two lost blog posts, thanks to the Wayback Machine. http://sharonandjames.co.uk/blog/230331-back.shtml Fri, 31 Mar 23 21:45 GMT I explain why I think Finisterre by Saint Etienne is the greatest album closing track of all time (apart from Champagne Supernova). http://sharonandjames.co.uk/blog/220211-finisterre.shtml Fri, 11 Feb 22 22:17 GMT In applauding the wrestler Eddie Kingston, I find the key to Carly Rae Jepsen's success. It's all to do with E.MO.TION. http://sharonandjames.co.uk/blog/211109-eddie.shtml Tue, 9 Nov 21 22:29 GMT I review Pretentiousness by Dan Fox and discuss how and when we ought to call pretentious art pretentious. http://sharonandjames.co.uk/blog/211020-danfox.shtml Wed, 20 Oct 21 20:49 GMT Everyone on the internet is wrong about Incy Wincy Spider. Here's the real tune (feat harmonic major scales, the Blur chord and a cameo from Jim Dyson). http://sharonandjames.co.uk/blog/210330-incy.shtml Tue, 30 Mar 21 22:14 GMT A long discussion of how to pronounce Anna from Frozen, that won't make sense to Americans. http://sharonandjames.co.uk/blog/210202-anna.shtml Tue, 2 Feb 21 22:16:00 GMT If plastic is a by-product of the petrochemical industry, might it actually be impossible to reduce production by reducing our demand for it? http://sharonandjames.co.uk/blog/210124-plastic.shtml Sun, 24 Jan 21 15:30:00 GMT This Sunday's headline match at Summerslam is for more than just the WWE Championship - it takes the wrestling world closer to a true undisputed champion than we have been for a decade. http://sharonandjames.co.uk/blog/200626-inferno.shtml Fri, 21 Aug 2020 23:34:00 GMT Trying to place Episode 3 of DOOM in the tradition of other depictions of Hell. http://sharonandjames.co.uk/blog/200626-inferno.shtml Fri, 26 Jun 2020 22:35:00 GMT A discussion of the now obvious parallels between Blake's Jerusalem and good old Don Quixote. http://sharonandjames.co.uk/blog/191113-jerusalem.shtml Wed, 13 Nov 2019 22:57:00 GMT Short reviews of books by Joseph Heller (not that one), Malachy Talach, DJ Taylor, Gill Sims, Ned Beauman, Johnny Marr, Ali Smith and Morrissey. http://sharonandjames.co.uk/blog/180327-books.shtml Tue, 27 Mar 2018 23:01:00 GMT Tracing the link between The Smiths and the hip hop and RnB A-listers of today. They work the same way, which is why their music sounds basically identical. http://sharonandjames.co.uk/blog/180131-smiths.shtml Wed, 31 Jan 2018 21:02:00 GMT I mark the release of Wyclef's new album in the only polite way possible: with a tour through some of the many gems in his back catalogue and a newcomer's guide to what makes him so fab. http://sharonandjames.co.uk/blog/170918-clef.shtml Tue, 19 Sep 2017 22:06:00 GMT