Today I am Mostly

…channelling Harriet Schulenberg from the Green Wing.
Whereas usually I try to channel Sue White, obviously….

Whimsy Plc

I was quite looking forward to Pushing Up Daisies - there was a lot of advance publicity and it looked fun.
I watched the first episode aired on UK terrestrial on Saturday night and was very disappointed.  It seemed to me to be a commercialised rip-off of Amelie.
And where Amelie, and even to a certain extent [...]

Transexual in Iran

I was going to write a very long blog entry about last night’s BBC2 documentary programme - but I find that Vanessa Barford has said all that I had to say here - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7259057.stm
They look for a solution that will at least allow them to be attracted to the gender they are naturally attracted to [...]

Information Overload?

When my sister was about 13 she took part in an interesting experiment about the amount of information people can take in from different sources at once (basically a group of them sat in front of a bank of TVs showing different things and were then tested in a Crypton Factor stylee).  The upshot of [...]

Is Intensive Farming Coming Home to Roost?

(Sorry, couldn’t resist it.)  I am very much enjoying Channel 4’s Chicken Season so far and have booked the sofa for Friday night for the Jamie show.
One of the most interesting bits for me however has been watching the supermarket and farmers’ PR reactions. 
Yesterday, for example, I received a letter from Judith Batchelor, Brand Manager [...]

That’s My Evenings Sorted…

Writing about http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/tv_and_radio/masterchef/

Hooray, the Beeb have put Masterchef on at a commuting friendly time.  I can get home, cook tea and still have time to watch - and the new series started yesterday.
Now, long-term readers will know that I have long cherished a crazed idea that I might be good enough to get into the [...]

I’m Lynne Franks, What am I Doing Here?

I’d like to make it clear from the start that this is a completely uninformed view as I have seen none of the current series of I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here.
But I was utterly astonished when I heard that Lynne Franks was going to be taking part.
“I’m going to stab her in [...]

Looking at it By and Large

I caught part of a rerun of Yes Minister last night….
Hacker: When you give your evidence to the Think Tank, are you going to support my view that the civil service is overmanned and feather-bedded, or not? Yes or no? Straight answer.
Sir Humphrey: Well Minister, if you ask me for a straight answer, then I [...]

Must Stop Reading the Metro II

Writing about Must Stop Reading the Metro
Compare and contrast…

Jordan and Peter Andre have named their baby daughter Princess Tiaamii.
Tiaamii - pronounced tee-ah-me - is taken from the names of Peter’s mother Thea and Jordan’s mother Amy.
Glamour model Jordan - real name Katie Price - explained to OK! magazine: “Her name is Princess Tiaamii. Princess because [...]

Cheesy Tikka

Writing about Indian Food Made Easy
I remain to be convinced about buddy food programmes - Tony & Giorgio didn’t work but Neneh and Andi is much better - probably because they are very obviously genuinely friends and comfortable in front of the camera.
Anyway, I’ll give Anjum & Panthea a go…
But what intrigued me most was [...]