Two smiles
Tying up loose ends, you saidAll crow’s feet and beak. A confiding birdPerched by your desk peckingAt the keyboard when I walked in. That smile still startles I swear it’s youSpin sad to find myself window shopping for one not…
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[richard uridge]
Poetry, bikes, dementia...
[richard uridge]
Poetry, bikes, dementia...
Rich Uridge
Training company boss by day. Poet and a whole heap of other things by night. Plus the son of a mother who was killed in a care home while living with dementia.
Not the 8 30 News: Episode 10 – the end of Season 1 the name’s Bond, Jennie Bond, one
In the week that BBC reporters are told to be more “sweaty and dirty” to earn the trust of viewers, Not the 8.30 News reports live from the gym. A Roald Dahl-inspired revisionist history edition in which we give Putin…
Not the 8 30 News: Episode 9 – the John Craven Cottage Chinese spy balloon one
In a week that saw the Americans shoot down several more Chinese spy balloons over the United States, RAF fighter ace, Sir Keir “Biggles” Starmer, attempts to shoot down a number of bloated blimps flying in UK airspace. Plus the…
Not the 8 30 News: Episode 8 – the Anne Diamond Geezer power cut one
With the appointment of Grant Shapps as Minister for Energy Security what could possibly go wrong? Turns out quite a bit… On the Internet’s slowest growing satirical skit thingy this week, a bull called Boris who spends his time sketching…
Not the 8.30 News: Episode 7 – the Anna Ford Capri take back control one
A news medley this week… Westminster Disunited sack their out of form defender Nadhim Zahawi for picking up too many penalties. The Andrew formerly known as Prince on those Daily Telegraph claims it was “too small” to frolic with Virginia…
Not the 8.30 News: Episode 6 – the Nadhim Zahawi Busted one
In a week of political uncertainty about the future of the former British chancellor and Tory party chairman, Nadhim Zahawi, we have exclusive news of a potential move into showbiz. Our correspondent, Jeremy PacMan, reports live from Downing Street on…
Not the 8.30 News: Episode 5
On the Internet’s slowest-growing satirical show this week… New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, shows British leaders the stylish way to resign. Rishi Sunak and Nicola Sturgeon get caught in a sex change mix up. Plus boxing promoter, Don King,…
Not the 8.30 News: Episode 4
On the Internet’s slowest-growing satirical show this week… Mick Lynch, fresh from his barnstorming performance as General Secretary of the National Union of Rail Workers, stars as James the Red Engine in “Thomas & Enemies: All Engines Stop” – a…
Not the 8.30 News: episode 3.
On the Internet’s slowest-growing satirical show this week… news of new line up for The Grand Tour without Jeremy Clarkson. British politicians do a Donald in an attempt to trump Trump at cards. And how the Bank of England got…
Not the 8.30 News: Episode 2 – the Crap for Carers one with Sir Robin Day Job
The second episode of Not the 8.30 News – the internet’s fastest growing and not-at-all derivative satirical current affairs show. With digs this week at the Health Secretary, Steve Barclay, the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, the Justice Secretary, Dominic Raab,…