Tim rice

Wednesday

Cockburn

WATCH: Kamala’s blundering, bizarre farewell message

Farewell, Kamala Harris. It’s been a brutal month for the outgoing vice president. Following her devastating loss on November 5, the failed nominee has been subjected to days of vicious briefing and revelations about her dreadful campaign. Whether it was spending millions on celebrity appearances or getting rejected by the Hot Ones podcast, the Democratic bid of 2024 will be remembered for all the wrong reasons. But for those who fear that Kamala’s loss means an end to her infamous gaffes: don’t despair! There are already reports that the defeated VP now plans to run for California governor. Nixon, without the charm, if you will.

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Thursday

Graeme Thomson

In praise of seasonal chart fodder

From our UK edition

Christmas: the most vulnerable time of the year. I heard ‘A Winter’s Tale’ by David Essex on the radio the other day and, oh boy. It was Noël Coward who wrote, in Private Lives, that smart little line about the strange potency of cheap music. It is a truism never more apparent than at Christmas, when we allow the gaudy and sentimental access to our hearts with only the most cursory of security checks. Songs that would never make it past the bouncers in May are whisked directly into the VIP area come December. A quick google confirms that ‘A Winter’s Tale’ was released in the run-up to Christmas 1982, which means I was nine years old when it was first released.