Mary Bale has been transformed from that nondescript middle-aged bin lady into a “viral villain”, with more enemies than Osama bin Laden. Somewhere in west London last week a cat had a very lucky escape. During one of those rare… Continue Reading →
Another month; another sleek and seductive device arrives in shops. I can’t even get past Amazon’s home page without being smacked in the face by the breathtaking product shots of their “All-New Kindle”, which is modestly priced at £109 for… Continue Reading →
The new Premier League season has barely started, but already I feel I’ve boarded an emotional roller coaster. As a lifelong Chelsea supporter I should be feeling pretty smug about the fact that we’ve won each of our opening two… Continue Reading →
“Don’t you see, the complexity is what makes it all so brilliant!” For those who found Inception simply annoying and convoluted, those jokers at CollegeHumor.com have recently produced the instructional video “Inception Characters Don’t Understand Inception”. In it, an increasingly… Continue Reading →
Tiger Woods could be heading for golfing oblivion, Fabio Capello is in the doghouse and David Beckham has been cruelly put out to pasture. Yes, it’s just another week in the crazy and cut-throat world of top-class sport. Winners are… Continue Reading →
She could have been Mrs Robinson in The Graduate; she did play (once) the all-American mama Olivia Walton; and for 30 years she was the real-life Mrs Roald Dahl. For me, though, Patricia Neal will always be plain old Alma… Continue Reading →
My seven-year-old nephew got an iPad for his birthday. As you can imagine, he’s pretty excited about it. After a lightning-fast recap of his holiday photos, it was straight into a Shaun the Sheep video, and then on to the… Continue Reading →
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