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Television Gold!

Posted on February 19, 2010

The cold miserable wintry weather has continued this week with a mixture of low temperatures rain sleet and snow across the South, so it has been a godsend that some brilliant TV has been on our screens to cheer me up.Firstly, the latest series of Shameless has in my opinion surpassed expectations, it is great TV including high drama, scandal, and laugh out loud comedy in a moral free sink estate in Manchester. With it's opening strap line "Make ...

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Is Football Homophobic?

Posted on February 15, 2010

I have just had a lovely weekend, taking in the theatre in Bagnor on Friday, an Indian meal on Saturday a lovely, if not freezing walk through the water meadows around Stockbridge yesterday followed by a lovely dinner. I also somehow found the time to take the boys to rousing cup tie at Reading (a 2-2 draw with West Brom) which restored my faith in the beautiful game, at least temporarily. It was firecracker of a game, and leads me smoothly in ...

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Dance and talent TV Shows

Posted on February 11, 2010

These talent shows are getting ridiculous, Strictly Come Dancing, X Factor, Pop Idol, Britain's Got Talent, Dancing on Ice, Soap Star Superstar, dance star etc etc.It has got to the stage where the ideas are running out, we now have Dancing on Wheels for the disabled, and Pop Star to Opera Star, where some tit who came third in Pop Idol a few years back attempts to be Pavarotti. Don't get me wrong, it is not the disabled dancing I have a problem ...

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Spain-An Architectural and Financial Mess

Posted on February 9, 2010

I have just been away on a short trip to Spain with my friends Ray and Howard who have a lovely little house tucked away in between Valencia and Barcelona.However all around their area, financial and architectural misery stares at you from every direction as the economy collapses from recession, to depression, to meltdown.The stunning new beachside developments standing unsoldBankrupt pensioners playing boules to a backdrop of deserted flatsThe ...

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John Terry

Posted on February 3, 2010

I have decided to wait a few days before doing a blog on John Terry, just to see what the fall out was from his affair with Wayne Bridge's ex girlfriend. I also wanted to know more about the truth behind the lines but this is not forthcoming at the moment."Cheer up mate you can shag my missus, she is a French lingerie model"Firstly though, I must say that Radio shows, TV, Newspapers, and politicians have all been jumping to moral conclusions ...

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