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Now the fun begins

As a self-professed cynic I sometimes get accused by readers of not taking politics seriously enough in the context of world affairs and the nation’s future etc., but I cannot help that. My area of special interest is the ‘game’ and its procedures rather than the respective party policies and [...]

April 26, 2017 // 0 Comments

A decidedly unimpressive outing

Being en route to London at the time I was unable to watch yesterday’s BBC1 Sunday Politics show as it was being transmitted (unusually) mid-afternoon due to priority being granted to the Beeb’s coverage of the London Marathon. Instead, after a little technical difficulty, I managed to locate [...]

April 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

I’m not quite so sure it has

The Simon Cowell vehicle Britain’s Got Talent returned to ITV1 last night for the start of a new series and I am not ashamed to report that, for my sins, I was among its viewers. I am familiar with both Britain’s Got Talent and The X-Factor, Cowell’s other big show, largely because in the [...]

April 16, 2017 // 0 Comments

A credit to the sport of golf

Hats off to Sergio Garcia, one of the best-loved professional golfers in the world,  for his ‘extra hole’ play-off victory in the US Masters, I make no pretension to be a golf expert but my hunch is is that Sergio probably also stands as one of the world’s most favourite Spaniards [...]

April 10, 2017 // 0 Comments

One for the old man

Yesterday, having arrived on the south coast to spend the weekend with my aged father, we had an idyllic time of it. The early conditions were so-so – to clear the overnight condensation that bedecked my car windows I had to wipe them with a cloth before I could set off at 6.00am to collect [...]

April 9, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Reunion

It’s good to hear The Reunion back on the air, Sundays at 11-15, repeated Friday at 9.00. For those who do not know the format Sue McGregor, the best female broadcaster the BBC has ever produced, gathers together a group reunited to recall some momentous event: a tragedy, launch or day of [...]

April 8, 2017 // 0 Comments

Much ado about nothing (possibly)

The recent furore attending upon Sunderland football manager David Moyes’ inappropriate end-of-interview remark to female BBC sports reporter Vicki Sparks has not only highlighted several issues but launched a thousand newspaper columns and caused innumerable rent-a-mouths to bestride the [...]

April 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

SSGB

Sunday night was the final episode of SSGB and the series has been well received. The plot line is complex if not convoluted with many paths off it: the removal out of occupied Britain of nuclear research and the flight of the ageing infirm King George. This was in the context of 3 groups, the [...]

March 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

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