In the run up to the Mad Blog Awards presentation in September, the organisers are doing a series of interviews with the finalists. This week they have published an interview with me in which...
The Ins and Outs of a Big Night In
Micky Flanagan, the Cockney comedian, has studied the very subtle differences involved in the procedure of ‘going out.’ There’s a fine line between ‘popping out’, ‘going out’ and ‘going out out’. Here’s a clip...
Latest Book Reviews
You may remember I was a little dissatisfied with an erotica novel I had been sent for review (read my grumbles here). Granted I am not a fan of the genre in any case,...
Unusual things to do on holiday with Jonathan Ross and me.
Jonathan Ross would make a great family travel blogger. Reading about his trips in the ‘My Hols’ bit of the Sunday Times yesterday, it would seem he loves to discover the kooky and the...
You shall go to the ball…
From Mrs O to Mrs Ooh It took a lot less than a pumpkin, a few mice and a Fairy Godmother to change me from the daft old bat with hump and varicose veins...
“Game as a Badger”
On the sofa with the travel panel (Photo courtesy of Boo, Roo and Tigger Too) It’s not the most dignified motivational quote I’ve ever come across but when I boarded the train heading for...
Guest Post: A Visit to the Dull Pantomime
Last week I told you all about the town of Bland which was keen to join Dull and Boring to form a new triangle of tedium. It was a simple enough post, I could...
Dull, Boring….and Bland.
Do you remember when I was visiting Scotland at Easter I mentioned we had visited the little village of Dull which had recently been paired with the town of Boring in Oregon? (The link...