If you look at a map of the Middle East you can barely see Israel, being so small. Egypt next door is immense. Syria to the north is massive, Lebanon just big in a normal way. Jordan has some expanse and Saudi Arabia is vast. Move across to Iraq and Iran and even Turkey and – Read More-
There’s a new movie coming out called ‘What if…’ and it stars Daniel Radcliffe and its a rom-com. They’re calling it ‘when Harry Potter met Sally’. Which is rather clever. As poor Daniel, billionaire by the time he was 7, is now paying the true price of that precocious fame and stardom as he can – Read More-
Its all hotting up in the football transfer market as the window of opportunity closes in under 4 weeks time. So come and grab a last-minute bargain while you can. There’s a 2-for-1 deal going on at Southampton, as there has been for about 10 years really. Great bargains to be had. Though all that’s – Read More-
17 to 2 is a good bet. Decent odds. Not so ridiculously high that there’s no chance of a payout, but not so low that its not even worth the stake. So you wanna take a punt? Do ya? Are you feeling lucky; Punk? Well, if its a fiver each way on a nag running – Read More-
Winston Churchill once described Russia as an enigma wrapped in riddle. I wonder what he thought of China. A mystery wrapped in a flour pancake with hoi sin sauce and guacamole, garnished with a Bentley Continental. Its a wierd place China. I’ve never been. The nearest I made it was Hong Kong. Which is a – Read More-
Cheryl Cole has come up with some sage advice for X-factor wannabes. ‘Get your GCSEs first’, before seeking fame and fortune. Which is impressive. I didn’t know Cheryl could spell ‘GCSE’. Though she herself has one GCSE in her own right. She got a B in ‘gorgeous’ and quite frankly its the only qualification she’s – Read More-
I invented a new recipe last night. And its brilliant. So I’ll share it with you. But don’t tell it to Gordon Ramsey or Jamie Oliver or Nigella, or they’ll nick it and call it their own. Its rather tricky to ‘make’ and requires a skill and delicacy that those so-called ‘celeb-chefs’ simply lack, being – Read More-
Now here’s an interesting thing. Last year in England, Culture beat Sport, by 92 to 36. Yes almost three times as many millions of people visited our theatres, museums and music venues than attended mainstream sporting events. Its possible that many of the same people did both. Greedy people. Families of ticket touts. Its even – Read More-
Do you remember, when you were very young and your mum took you to the Doctor’s to have inoculations and vaccinations, and when you turned up there were 27 little kids all sitting on laps awaiting their turn in the injection clinic, and one kid was screaming. Really screaming. The screams of horror, of panic; – Read More-
The banking giant, Santander, have refused to open an account for a circus company, ‘on moral grounds’ because the troupe are a little risqué in their attire and a little ‘burlesque’ in their performances. But this is a circus. The girls dress for acrobatics. Its like making a judgment on runners in the Commonwealth games – Read More-