Was watching a film on 'catch up tv' which I haven't seen for over 20 years the other day. I was [i]really[i] looking forward to it, but as I was watching it, realised that in the intervening decades...
Each year, rather than saying what we want for Christmas, my partner and I swap Christmas cryptic clues. I've been given two clues this year for two different gifts. I've worked out the first gift,...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-24714608 By the way - stunning defence: "The General Teaching Council panel noted that McNally had suggested that, after a long career, he had made...
I grew up with this firm during the 80s. It was the 'go to' destination for videos on a Saturday night. But now that it's gone into administration for the second time, is it time to give up on this...
http://americablog.com/2013/10/christian-couple-refuses-tip-gay-waiter-queers-share-wealth-god.html On a broader note, it's not just Christians, but all the major religions can't seem to let it go?...
Tom Hardy to play Elton John in a biopic of his life, to be titled 'Rocketman'. Thoughts? (Personally, after seeing Justin Timberlake in Elton John's video for "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore", I...
Who's been watching The Great British Bake Off? And who should win? Kimberley for being technically superior? Frances for having the best presentation skills? Ruby for...having eyes almost as pretty...
I don't know how this story passed me by. This terrorist was in the country for just five days before murdering an 82 year old Muslim man - and then planting a series of bombs in mosques around the...
When the gorgeous Lorraine Pascal's cookery programme was first broadcast on BBC2 a couple of years back, a few right wing commentators accused the BBC of tokenism...because she was black. Watched a...
Tommy Robinson has quit the EDL and branded his former colleagues 'morons'! Isn't this something that some of us have been saying for years? When he was interviewed on BBC's 5 Live radio yesterday, he...
Yet more nonsense:
http://www.news.com.au/travel/world-travel/gulf-states-consider-medical-test-to-detect-gay-travellers-before-they-enter-the-country/story-e6frfqc0-1226734737540...
Like most people who watch it, 'Downton Abbey' is [i]appointment tv[i] in our house, so I heard the warning before the programme started. I was very surprised by the rape scene, but I also thought...
A YouGov poll reveals that 69% of the nation thinks that the Daily Mail owes Ed Milliband an apology for trashing his father. And more tellingly, 57% of the paper's own readership think the same. In...
Tommy Robinson, leader of the far right EDL, went to the house of Gary Moon, the editor of an anti-EDL website, took pictures of his front door, and then pictures of him holding up letters addressed...
Summary: Payday lenders could be forced to place "risk warnings" on their adverts to advise borrowers about the dangers of debt.
Whole story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24372134...