Oh, dear… the headlines have been dominated by the news that Duchess of Cambridge had given birth to a baby girl earlier today. Reporters, royal correspondents and others were on hand to greet the new arrival. It makes me want to be sick….. Thank goodness for multi-channel television!
Category: Media
EastEnders: Lucy Beale’s murderer revealed
“Ridiculous yet riveting… but after all that, the kid did it…. what a let down!” -Kevin O’ Sullivan, Daily Mirror More bollocks about the BBC TV soap opera EastEnders which celebrated its 30th anniversary this week. Why on earth should our license fee continue to be spent on a programme which is losing media interest….and…
“Thunderbirds” creator Gerry Anderson dies at 83
RIP, Gerry Anderson. Your shows have been enjoyed by generations of people worldwide. Enough said. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfIAKj3Gl1E]
Revealed: the Olympics opening ceremony
Cartoon by Stephen Collins as seen in The Guardian Weekend, 21st July 2012
Welcome to London
Welcome to London. Where your team bus can get lost on the way to the Olympic Village. Where athletes will not be able to compete because the airports lose their equipment. Where safety and security at all events is being compromised to save money. Where games organisers are constantly at each other’s throats. Where the…
In defence of cup competitions
In this the FA Cup fourth round weekend, this column from the current New Statesman writer Jon Bernstein looks into the parlous state of cup football competitions. “So reviled and diminished have most football cup competitions become UEFA (Europe’s football governing body) should launch a knockout competition to discover which is the least loved”.