Neil Hopcroft

Part three of three: The 2am Run High speed car chase – there seemed to be police all around, all the way. As I left Oxford there were two car loads of them suspicious of my filling up with petrol, so as I sped off they must’ve radio’d ahead for the guys in Milton Keynes […]

Part two of three: the fall and fall of the Oxgoths Way back, in the time I lived in Oxford, there was always an Oxgoth meet on Tuesday nights, it was at the Antiquity Hall when I joined in, but then moved around a bit. Last night it was at the Chequers and consisted of […]

Part one of three: the Grandi hours. “All I want to do is buy the damn jeans” – I dreamt last night that retail had changed to the extent I could no longer work out the system to buy a pair of trousers. I was in a shop and had selected the perfect pair but […]

Calling Oxford People: anyone about tuesday or wednesday? Want to meet up? Got crash space?

“But see, how did she make the food hot? And how do you know what should be hot and what shouldn’t? ‘cos sometimes we had ham. Cold. And sometimes we had bacon. Hot. And when you buy it they don’t tell you which one is which. I thought they would. I’ve been buying it, but […]

I was just reminiscing about hanami this time last year and its started snowing. And settling. ITS APRIL! Its not supposed to be snowing any more. Its like the weather gods missed fools day and figured they’d give us something to think about.

Job requirements – You must be catholic or *very* religeous – You must be willing to relocate to Rome – This is a full time job (with thanks to sevensomething)

Some questions from necro_angel 1. What do you find attractive in a woman/man and why? (whichever you would date) (for reference, I would date women) Thats a difficult question – its easy to make traps for yourself by saying things like ‘dark hair’ or ‘tall’ or something. There are things I do tend to go […]

I am not apathetic because…”it doesn’t matter who I vote for. Control stays with the people who are in control today, there is no democracy, the capitalist system ensures that those with money have the balance of power. And they remain in power by ensuring that the only voices that get heard are those of […]