Category Archives: Entertainment

Something Odd

I found this story about an attack by a fox on two babies to be a bit odd.  It just doesn’t sit right to me.  I mean, there’s the info from the pest control consultant at the end, for a start, where it describes the alleged attack as completely a-typical fox behaviour, there’s the notion [...]

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Finally, the last of the summer wine

Finally, after almost 40 years, the BBC are axing Last of the Summer Wine.  Thank god for that.  I can’t imagine a less funny programme, and I remember seeing this programme when I was younger and thinking that the name “Last Of”… actually did mean that that would be the last time we  would be [...]

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Shades Of Grey

I thought that I would give a quick mention to Shades of Grey, the latest novel by Jasper Fforde. Shades of Grey marks a new series for Fforde, departing from the book-related worlds that are his Next and Nursery sets, into a world where everything in life depends on what you can see. The world [...]

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Patrick Stewart new year honour

It’s reported that Captain Pickard, or, in real life, Patrick Stewart, is to be knighted in the New Year honours list. I can only agree, and say “make it so”. A very varied and talented actor, he is. In other news, we are hearing more confirmation that Schumacher is close to an F1 return with [...]

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Christmas 2009

Christmas 2009 is fast approaching. Quite a lot has happened this year really, for us of course the biggest event was the arrival of our daughter Niamh, who is now just over four months old, so this will be her first Christmas. In the wider world, the global economy is picking itself back up, so [...]

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