I’m still in shock about this. Some disgusting old cow in Coventry decides it would be a good idea to stroke a cat lovingly then toss it into a wheelie bin and shut the lid. 16 hours later the owners find the poor kitty and decide to watch their home CCTV back whereupon they find...

A night out at the theatre is always nice and the fact that a local community theatre group were adapting Philip Pullman’s Dark Materials made a YourFace outing a must. We had the best of both worlds in terms of seating with Blackett and Morgan high above the action and being able to see...

Good day, fair readers, salutations to one and all. In my last post about ‘All the Small Things’, I made a point about how familiar all the actors are - a multitude of characters who’d been seen in various seasons of ‘Doctor Who’, Sarah Alexander of...

oooh, massive excitements this morning - this may be old news to some of you, but i have just discovered a multi-artistic collaboration of 3 of my favourite people. The whole story is documented at WHOKILLEDAMANDAPALMER.com but here is a mini-history for you Amanda Palmer (of the Dresden...

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...

Anyone else bored of this story yet? For those living under a rock: Our Home Secretary Jacqui Smith’s husband has foolishly ordered some porn and put it on her government expenses form which of course means the whole world finds out. While it was a pretty stupid thing to do, I really...