Alive & Twitching

Last Sunday, 16th May, The Mail on Sunday published an article based on a secret recording of a private conversation between Lord Triesman, the then Chairman of the Football Association and the leader of England’s bid for the 2018 World Cup, and a woman named Melissa Jacobs who had previously worked for him and who may or may not have been his former mistress. read more »

Hung Chow calls his work  and says:  ”I no come wok today, I really sick. Got headache, stomach ache and legs hurt. I no come wok.” read more »

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I am listing my 20 favourite films released during the 1960s. As with the pre-1960 list, I am not going to attempt to itemise them in anything other than date order and those mentioned are films I have either seen or revisited in the past few years or are otherwise deeply etched in my memory. read more »

(1) Nature or nurture? and (2) Difficulty in hearing dialogue on DVDs read more »

I heard the news today…and it was enough to make me want to sell up and emigrate. read more »

Mick met Paddy in the street and said:

‘Paddy, will you draw your bedroom curtains before making love to your wife in future?’ read more »

This is a continuation of the blog posted on 12th January 2010.

Photo: Kate Atkinson. See below. read more »