Something for the Weekend – Le cinéma à la française
Thanks to the popularity of Scandi drama, us Brits may finally have overcome our antipathy towards watching anything with subtitles. Here’s an eclectic choice of some French movies that might tickle your fancy. Le Bossu – On Guard (1997 Philippe de Broca) One of my favourite films, a French swashbuckler (think Errol Flynn but set […]
Continue readingSomething for the Weekend – Some German Literature Tips
I’m an inveterate reader of German literature, I’ve even written a nine-page critical essay on an obscure Austrian novel from the 1970s – Die Groẞe Hitze oder Die Errettung Österreichs durch den Legationsrat Dr Tuzzi. Read it? To be honest, neither have most Austrians. However, if you fancy settling down to rather less esoteric German […]
Continue readingSemi Lockdown Life of a London Singleton – Week 12
At times, it’s fair to say I sometimes wonder if I’m a character in a sitcom and I just don’t know it. A case in point this week was when I had to explain to my neighbour who had kindly offered to paint my window ledges for me why I had a blow up doll […]
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Working as a stand up comedian for over 15 years, I have studiously avoided having any political jokes in my set. I much prefer to talk about myself. ‘How is that possible?’ you may ask, unless you’ve met me, and then you’re probably not. After all, one of the main reasons I love stand up […]
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In an attempt to bring you comedy online without having the poor comic stare down the lens of a camera to utter silence, last week saw the launch of MY Comedy Chats – a cross between stand up and chat show. It’s wasn’t the most auspicious of starts. About an hour and a half before […]
Continue readingLockdown Life of a London Singleton – Week 10
This Week’s Highlight Was Hosting the Inaugural MY Comedy Chats While Sitting by Bins in a Neighbour’s Front Garden ‘Borrowing’ Their Internet. Welcome to My Life! Do you every feel that some times fate has it in for you? This week, about an hour and a half before the launch of the inaugural of […]
Continue readingLockdown Life of a London Singleton – Week 9
Health Kicks with a Twist, Comedy Online & Short Stories with a Darker Theme In surprise news, I produced a video that people actually watched. Believe me, no one could have been more taken aback by this turn of events than me. It turns out translating bollocks from Boris could possibly be a new career […]
Continue readingOutlander – Never My Love
An Eviscerating Depiction of Misogyny in an Episode That Deals With a Difficult Storyline with Sensitivity and Tact. CONTAINS SPOILERS. Knowing what was going to happen to Claire (Caitriona Balfe) in this week’s episode, needless to say I wasn’t looking forward to watching the season finale. Unsurprisingly, it was an uncomfortable watch, but the difficult […]
Continue readingLockdown Life of a London Singleton – Week 8
Uri Geller-Style Accident while Exercising, Bailey’s & a Lot Less Drama (thank goodness) Fortunately, this week proved less eventful than last week. Mind you, it turns out that if you are able to promote your blog by mentioning you went to A&E with a suspected heart attack, you do end up with a lot more […]
Continue readingOutlander – Journeycake
Attacks, Secrets Revealed, Parting of the Ways, Precarious Sex & Jamie on the Warpath. CONTAINS SPOILERS. The start to this week’s episode is hardly auspicious even by Outlander’s standards when Claire (Caitriona Balfe), Jamie (Sam Heughan), Brianna (Sophie Skelton) and Roger (Richard Rankin) come across a burnt out cabin: its inhabitants murdered before the cabin […]
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