News, views and commentary
RSS:
Publications
Comments

Category Archives: Culture

Sade was the best part of the unstylish 80’s.

It has been good to see some great artists from the 80’s and 90’s making a welcome return to popular music and performance – Alison Moyet springs immediately to mind – but without a doubt the coolest performer to grace the stage was Sade Adu.
Around 1984/5 Sade was all over the airwaves and if you [...]

Bookmark:
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • TwitThis
  • Facebook
  • Google Bookmarks

The Brit Awards: why can British television not do a decent awards night anymore?

British television has produced some of the best entertainment ever seen, and continues to do so, why then can the industry not pull it together and give viewers a decent awards show anymore? last night’s Brit Awards was, in the words of mediocre compere Peter Kay, “twenty minutes of entertainment stretched over two hours…”
And he [...]

Bookmark:
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • TwitThis
  • Facebook
  • Google Bookmarks

Do yourself a favour and grab these books…

I have been on a mission to making a return to reading one book a week like I used to do before the internet started interfering so much in my life. In fact there was a time when I could get through a couple of books and as I only had three kids at that [...]

Bookmark:
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • TwitThis
  • Facebook
  • Google Bookmarks