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Holy Smokes we are back!!!

Holy Smokes we are back!!!

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Small does not like Alex Rowley

Small does not like Alex Rowley

Today I bought the Leicester Mercury, our local paper – mainly for the job section, but also just to catch up on the small-town journalists opinions on life the universe and everything.
The article which particularly drew my eye was on page 15 (if you’re reading along with me), the ‘first person’ column, this week written [...]

Blakeborough's Book Club: 20th Century Ghosts

Blakeborough’s Book Club: 20th Century Ghosts

Its been mentioned here…somewhere… and on our Facebook group and now the time for me to unveil the very first month of my Book Club. Ta-dah!!
And the first book is… Joe Hill’s 20th Century Ghosts!! Woo! Although you should already know this, as I’m hoping some people have actually read it with me. Never mind [...]

Behind The Shutters- London

Its not often that I get a chance to go to galleries and museums but its one of my most bestest things to do when I have some spare time. So I was delighted when visiting a lovely lady in London that one of our activities for the weekend was a trip around the Behind [...]

Pablo the drug mule dog

I first saw this advert by anti drugs campaigners Frank during a break in Kevin Bishop’s sending up of Elton John in ‘Star Stories’ (very funny actually for once. Princess Di at Gianni Versace’s funeral was a highlight. Go and watch it here)
Anyway this new round of advertising features Pablo the Drug Mule Dog, a [...]

Its a Britney affair…

Short and late one this time.
My affair of the week is Britney.
I love this woman. When she first came out I was young and confused and thought she was Buffy in ‘Hit Me Baby One More Time’. Then she was all on the moon and jumping around a beach with a big red ball. Then [...]

No More Panel Shows, it’s killing comedy…

Hello, welcome back.
I’m angry, so angry I’d be awesome on a Panel Show, being deliberately twatty and sarchastic about everything, nothing is good, nothing and I could amusingly tell the nation from behind a desk.
Or I could seethe for a little bit at home and spend more time finding something nice to talk about, yes, [...]

Christmas Time, mistletoe and misguided councils.

This week- as it does seem to be looming alarmingly soon again- its a Christmas affair.
Well, it was going to be, hence the quickly changed and not at all funny title. So instead we have a curious advert from Derbyshire County Council fostering service. Its all lovely and the couple are shown hanging some paintings [...]

Competitions

I wasn’t quite sure what would be my affair this week. It could have been something in the news but this week everything seems to be about horrific child abuse cases and that just makes me very sad. Also my opinions on it are probably the same (hopefully) as most people’s.
So, I decided to go [...]

Claire’s Affairs mark:1

I’m late. There’s a surprise.
But shut up you non-believers-in-me, soon it seems you will be hearing my dulcet tones on a podcast so that should more than satisfy you. Besides I was too busy on Saturday being molested by Coffield Brown and finding out that come the zombie apocalypse, both Morgan and Blackett feel I [...]