Outlander – Better to Marry Than Burn
Jocasta Gets a Back Story, Murtagh Is in Daredevil Mode and Roger Rises to The Occasion. As Does Jamie but That’s a Totally Different Scenario. We’re half way through Season 5; yet I still have the distinct impression that the writers are stretching the story out somewhat: hence the need for more filler. As someone […]
Continue readingLockdown Life of a London Singleton – Week 1
As a confirmed, middle-aged singleton, I thought I’d have ‘lockdown’ covered. Turns out that this first week proved more fraught than I thought it would be. The odd fling aside, I’ve been single for around 19 years so theoretically if anyone can deal with being in lockdown it should be me. I mean let’s put […]
Continue readingOutlander – Perpetual Adoration
Claire Gets Pensive, Jamie Kills Again while Brianna and Roger Get Closer. Clare (Caitriona Balfe) is in philosophical mood this week; cue a lot of voice over about the meaning of time. Being a Brit whose national philosophy can be summed up in just two words ‘fuck it’ (it’s the only way I can possibly […]
Continue readingMY Comic Life – Operations, Morphine & Pulling Gigs
Recently comedy took a backseat thanks to an infected abscess which led to an unexpected stay in hospital and an operation under general anaesthetics. This mini misadventure highlighted several things for me: the NHS is bloody fantastic; there is generally no time off in comedy: and when push comes to shove the comedy world is […]
Continue readingOutlander – The Company We Keep
This week Outlander is well and truly back on track: Claire and Jamie are all loved up, more difficulties en route arrive, Jamie is in Highland Fling mode and the spectre of Stephen Bonnet casts a shadow at Fraser Ridge. While standing in for Jamie (Sam Heughan), Roger (Richard Rankin) shows that his previous career […]
Continue readingOutlander – Free Will
Jamie’s Back, Indentured Servants, Child Brides, A House of Horrors, but where’s the plot? Jamie (Sam Heughan) is back at the Ridge (not a euphemism) but not for long, as he explains to an understandably disappointed Claire (Caitriona Balfe). He’s stopping just long enough to gather a militia and then returning to Hillsborough. Ever the […]
Continue readingOutlander: Between Two Fires
Murtagh proves he’s incapable of keeping a low profile, Jamie is in a bind and Claire, as usual, is throwing caution to the wind. Despite Jamie’s (Sam Heughan) request to Murtagh(Duncan Lacroix) to be hard to find, Murtagh does the exact opposite when he becomes the ringleader of a group of Regulators who storm into […]
Continue readingOutlander – The Fiery Cross
Outlander is back! Love is in the air, trouble is brewing and an old friendship looks as if it’s on a collision course. Top and tailing the first episode of season 5 is the longest love story in Outlander– the bromance between Murtagh (Duncan Lacroix) and Jamie (Sam Heughan). In what promises to be one […]
Continue readingAnother Spanish TV Guilty Pleasure – Drug Squad: Costa del Sol
Drug Squad: Costa del Sol is a Spanish TV cop series set in 1970s Torremolinos. Sit back and enjoy the 70s fashions, 70s cars and 70s police mores when it comes to interviewing suspects (think Jack Regan in The Sweeney). Last but not least, you can enjoy Hugo Silva in action as Bruno López. Bruno […]
Continue reading10 Ways I Survived the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
This year was the first time I’d taken a show up for the entire run of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and, to be perfectly frank, I wasn’t looking forward to it. To be even franker, I was dreading it. For those of you not in the know, the Edinburgh Fringe is where hundreds of comics […]
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