The Final Problem may be the last ever episode of Sherlock and, in a way, that’s a good thing, because the papers have suddenly got it in for old Sherlock. The Guardian and Mail, in particular, believe that Messrs Gatiss and Moffat have lost the plot and … Continue reading Sherlock – Problem Solved
First post of the New Year, if you believe in the notion of Time that is, which I don’t. 2017 is just a number; the same as 56 (the age I’m soon to be) is just a number – well, that’s how I prefer to … Continue reading Sherlock The Six Thatchers
There are a few tele-visual events which make me sit there in front of the TV and exclaim: ‘It can’t be that time of year again can it!’ – these being, Wimbledon, I’m a Celebrity Get me Out of Here!’ (although dropped of my telly radar a … Continue reading Eurovision 2016
Since acquiring mild OCD, in the form of colouring-in books by Johanna Basford (Enchanted Forest) wherein I must not colour over the lines, or accidentally create messy smudges, via resting the side of my colouring-in hand on the page, where it may gradually become covered … Continue reading Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners – Channel 4
I used to have a recurring dream, many years ago, that began to take on a nightmarish quality the longer it went on. I’d be lying asleep in bed, which I actually was of course, in the non-dream world; but I’d be lying asleep in … Continue reading There’s a Ghost in my House – or maybe there isn’t
I’m in hea…ven, I’m in hea….ven and my heart beats so that I can hardly speeeak, and I seem to find the happiness I seek, watching cosy, domestic stuff on the Beeb I’ve only just discovered the delights of the GIDC but it’s been going … Continue reading The Great Interior Design Challenge
In the late 1950’s a ‘chat’ show appeared called Face to Face – it ran for just 35 episodes ending in 1962. The format was incredibly simple. John Freeman, an ex-politician, sat in an armchair (his face hidden) opposite a celebrity of the day (also seated … Continue reading The Rise and Fall of the Chat Show
(The long hidden, private journal of Dr John H Watson was discovered a year ago by yours truly, within the depths of a stone cellar situated incongruously in the living room of an ancient, haunted farmhouse in the little known town of Hipperholme, West Yorkshire. … Continue reading Sherlock, The Unfathomable Episode – New Year’s Day 2016
The Great British Bake Off, like the yeast used in the bread making challenges, has mushroomed and spawned various programmes using an identical format – and the latest features lots of clay pots. Pottery and the art of potting doesn’t quite hold the mass appeal … Continue reading I’m Potty about Pottery
Children in Need and the Rickshaw challenge are back on our screens, which means I’ve set myself the yearly arduous, personal challenge of watching every leg of the Rickshaw journey, whilst listening to the young participants’ tales of mind-numbingly awful disease and eye-watering acts of … Continue reading My Rickshaw Challenge
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