My favourite Christmas song, and I think they’ve done a grand version of it – I especially liked the introduction of the harp to the piece. Recorded specially for Rob Da Bank’s Radio One show. Although it lacks the chemistry, passion and humour that is in the original, I think that, taken as a mellowed […]
Jack And The Beanstalk – Lyric Hammersmith
Yesterday, I was fortunate enough to be invited along to go and see this year’s pantomime (Jack and the Beanstalk) at the Lyric Hammersmith, London. Yes dear reader, I too queried whether going to see a pantomime in November was going to be a good idea or not, but I needn’t have worried – the […]
Enid [Women We’ve Loved]
Following on from my previous post where I blogged about how much I was looking forward to BBC Four’s Women We’ve Loved series, I have just found time to sit down and catch up with Enid, which aired last week. I have to say, I found this programme absolutely beastly (for lack of a better […]
Cutting Edge: The Schoolboy Who Sailed The World
I had a quiet Friday night in last night, after a very long and testing day at work, which gave me opportunity to catch up with some telly that I’d recorded on my PVR. One of the things that I’d recorded by chance was ‘Cutting Edge: The Schoolboy Who Sailed The World’ – the trailer […]
Cheryl Cole – 3 Words (Album)
I make no bones about saying this, and it’s going to be unpopular with some readers I’m sure, but I really disliked the album (and it seems that most of the British newspaper reviews are with me on this). Having loved ‘Fight For This Love’ and absolutely played it to death, the rest of the […]
Gari Wellingham 