Early 1983( I think). Me and my pal spend most of the day helping my folks move house. Come the evening we head in to Edinburgh, knackered but enthusiastic, to see Randy Newman at the Playhouse. Arrive on the […]

Yeah, a lot of my Island CDs display that discolouration. What I wasn’t
expecting though was to see it appear on my copy of Electric Ladyland(on Polydor). Doesn’t seem to affect the sound quality though and I’ve […]

Sitting with my Gran , who thinking about it now, would have been around 10 years younger than I am now, watching TOTP. The Fabs’ Michelle accompanied by some moody footage of waves breaking against a sea wall. […]

The dining hall of my son’s Primary School, and the kid’s aren’t getting a day off. They’re taking packed lunches which they will presumably consume in their classrooms. Boo!

RT’s half Scottish and Linda is the real thing( I think), so I claim ’em both for the home team!

I suspect Lando refers to The “robotised” manuals like Toyota’s MMT. They are truly dreadful. Not at all like VAG’s DSG or Ford/Volvo’s Powershift trannies.

We call ’em Empire Biscuits in Scotland.

Shindig? I remember Thingummajig( the horror!),but not Shindig.

Ha had to go. Nobody can reasonably expect to continue in their position after physically assaulting a colleague. The upshot for the Beeb is that Top Gear is effectively dead. I hope they can see that attempting […]

Yes, yes I have. good isn’t it?

Sub Mumford? How can this be possible?

Any Afterworders familiar with/fond of Aussie comedy “The Castle”? It’s one of my favourites anyway.

Up here in Scotland’s central belt it’s known as “getting off at the Haymarket”, as opposed to to going all the way to The Waverley>

Missing Emma Peel? Check out her daughter Rachel Stirling on “Detectorists”. Equally lovely don’t you think?

Hah, not sure about “Two Way Stretch” being “important” but it’s one of my all-time favourites. As for it influencing “Porridge”, well there’s no maybe about it. There’s a line of dialogue lifted intact. You know, […]