A layman’s thoughts on the current UK economy

I’m going to do something that I don’t normally do, and write a quasi-serious opinion based piece. Do bear with me dear reader, it’s been a while! This morning, I saw a news story reporting that East London Buses staff have gone on strike because they’ve been given a pay freeze. Erm, hello, RECESSION?! (and […]

Hairspray UK Tour (2010) to star Michael Ball

Marvellous news about the UK tour of Hairspray – I genuinely can’t think of anyone better than Michael Ball to lead this production! Despite having seen this about 7/8 times in the West End now, I will definitely try and see this at a regional theatre too! 😀 Below is a rather good article published […]

Eurovision – The UK entry (2009)

Whilst I love musical theatre, and dear ol’ Andrew Lloyd-Webber, I have to say that I think that our song this year is a bit of a lame duck. Sorry… but there you go,  I’ve said it! I hope the clip that I’ve just posted is OK… Mister Greg and I can’t even stomach listening […]

Street View – Google Maps

Just happened across this new service which has just gone live across many of Google’s maps of the UK’s cities. It is somewhat addictive I have to admit! The basic idea is that instead of just zooming down to steet level as you would do on a map, now you can actually see a 3-D […]