Author Archives: John Moynes

Anna Leporskaya’s ‘Three Figures’ was sent for restoration after a security guard doodled on it with a ballpoint pen on his first day

A bored worker on his first day
Found his conscience beginning to sway
So he drew some eyes, tainting
A valuable painting
For which he was soon sent away

John Moynes

The Art Newspaper, Russia

Correspondence described as “love letters” from North Korea’s Kim Jong-un had to be retrieved from Donald Trump after he improperly removed them from the White House

Trump often mentioned how Kim
Would write beautiful letters to him
And inspired such great awe
That he broke the law
But the chances of charges are slim

John Moynes

Getty

In a heavily-edited report on ‘partygate’, senior civil servant Sue Gray (right) concluded there was a ‘failure of leadership’ by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson (left)

Some people are praising the way
The top civil servant Sue Gray
Gave an elegant chop
To those at the top
Though there wasn’t much she could say

John Moynes

CityAM

Joe Rogan has addressed controversy over his Spotify podcast, hours after the streaming service announced a plan to tackle the spread of Covid-19 ‘misinformation’.

You remember that meathead called Joe
Who got a lot wrong on his show?
Well now Spotify
Have decided to try
To tell listeners where they should go

John Moynes

Pic: Spotify

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been told it is “time for the truth to be released” as he faced more calls to publish a long-awaited report into “partygate”

Some Tories who’ve been left to stew
Have figured out what they should do
The crisis could stop
If the guy at the top
Could just for once say something true

John Moynes

Getty