Pissed-off Toff thinks that it will be fun to review what he wants, when he wants, and how he wants (although always of course keeping a beady eye open for the risk of libel suits).
Pissed-off Toff loathes, despises and detests the Glastonbury Festival … which, he argues, has not a little in common with the Nuremberg Rallies. I’ve occasionally wondered. Should one pronounce ‘Glastonbury’ … Keep Reading
Pissed-off Toff reviews the BBC’s televised debate between the aspiring leaders of the Tory party, and is turned off by Rory Stewart. A small number of people I know do … Keep Reading
Pissed-off Toff reviews a ‘colour-blind’ historical docu-drama screened on BBC4, and wonders where this will lead. The other day – by which I mean a few years ago – I … Keep Reading
In an attempt to reconstruct the life of William Sinclair, Pissed-off Toff finds himself producing a full-length monograph. Towards the end of last year I received a telephone call from … Keep Reading
‘Dry January’ seems a good time to review the drinking habits of an ordinary man who was obliged to accept that he had strayed far inside the danger zone. At … Keep Reading
Now that the intrepid Simon Reeve is back on the TV with a new series about the Mediterranean, it seems a good time to dust off the following review of … Keep Reading
Pissed-off Toff reviews The Enigma of Kidson by Jamie Blackett. This is a book that I found impossible to put down. I read it, if not in one sitting, then … Keep Reading
Pissed-off Toff reviews a fairly recent film called The Riot Club, in which more-or-less upper-class undergraduates at Oxford are portrayed as being not only beyond the pale in every way, … Keep Reading