Once upon a time, on a dark and stormy night in the North Sea – so long ago there were no wind farms or oil rigs – a funny looking boat bobbed around.
Category: Film, TV & Radio
And Now The Shipping Forecast
Peaky Bloomers
Think Out of the Box – Stay In the EU
What does it mean to be British? It may not be your first thought, but it’s British to buy a TV licence. No other country in the world has our system of paying for a TV service – the BBC. Do you believe me? Well you shouldn’t, because quite a few countries fund broadcasters through… Continue reading Think Out of the Box – Stay In the EU
The Go-Between
What’s up, after reading this remarkable post i am too cheerful to share my experience here with mates This is the sort of spam that arrives. It is atypical only in that usually it’s a desire to share my stuff with their mates, if they have any, and the World Wide Web. A reader has… Continue reading The Go-Between
Two Principled Politicians
The Manager’s Name was Love, Part Two
The Manager’s Name was Love, Part One
No it wasn’t, the night manager’s name was Bellew; Christopher Bellew. While I was enthusing about The Night Manager series on TV I was bursting to tell and I can’t resist any longer. I was the night manager at the White Hart Hotel in Braintree, Essex, in July 1974 while I was on a summer… Continue reading The Manager’s Name was Love, Part One