The Oxfam in Manchester has a bizarrely high level of semi-forgotten Lionel Richie singles in stock. Hey, for every Hello there’s a Do it to Me, as the actor said to the bishop, nudge nudge, etc., etc.

Fi-fi Bruce did a proper number on Emily Thornberry on Question Time last week, and it did seem to sum up the preposterous nature of where we are politically (watch it on the iPlayer – it’s bizarre: Thornberry […]

Yep, Slug: the best-fitting jeans I’ve ever had are from ASDA. It could be a fluke; they’re grey/slim fit and are a perfect fit for me.

As the son of a one-time tailor, I know that the fit is everything.

Jeans are tricky. Avoid boot cut: Simon Cowell wears them to hide his massive Cuban heel. The fit is everything: slim fit tend to work best, […]

Yes, it’s been about 25 years since he last recorded anything new. He’s got a solid gold pension that accrues every Xmas, though: it makes him the best part of £200,000 a year, according to some reports (probably […]

I am staggered, but obviously glad, that Shane MacGowan is still alive. I’ve seen him live several times, and he looked half-dead twenty years’ ago. He’s demonstrably not in great shape, but not drinking like […]

Adverts for holiday companies exclusively show a couple on the beach – inevitably running through the shallow water with two children: one boy, one girl. There’s never a third one legging it in the other […]

An election will be duck-behind-the-sofa weird. In parts of the north west, there are total Labour strongholds (e.g. Wigan, St. Helens North) that voted overwhelmingly for Brexit – I think Wigan was 64% Leave. […]

I’m sure in Mojo, years’ ago, they said Mavers was earning about £2000 a month in royalties.

Wasn’t Gerry Rafferty getting £80,000 a year just from Baker Street? Throw in Stuck in the Middle with You, and o […]

That’s why James Nesbitt had his work done – he felt being bald limited him as an actor, in terms of the parts he was getting.

Even in 2019, wigs on the cinema screen – especially on men – still look totally […]

Following his cricket heroics, I think Jack Leach has to be on the list.

Pity that Weller sent his kids to private school, but still a good song.

Not sure if Joe’s had a bit of work done lately, but he ain’t bald at the mo. More ‘mature high forehead’, but looking good on it.

That bloke from the La’s…Lee Mavers. One album 30 years’ ago. There was always a rumour in the NME, every 2-3 years, that he had a new album ready to go.

I actually think the La’s album is a bit overrated, […]

I know two people whose surname is Bowie (Scottish in origin, I think, although I know it’s not David Bowie’s real name), and it’s pronounced ‘Bow’-ie as in ‘bow’-and-arrow, not as in take a ‘bow’.

For a long […]

As a supporter of a lower-league club that’s bounced between divisions for years, I agree with a lot of the comments so far. Wigan Athletic had 8 relatively recent seasons in the Premier League, and the club – the […]

Ha, you’re spot on regarding the villain’s intentions – I’m foggy about the plot, but arms dealing sounds familiar…possibly an opium deal, too.

Bond films have form with curious casting. Maud Adams has […]

Strange, as I actually like A-ha, but I’m not that keen on their theme song. I don’t really like Duran Duran, but I thought their tune was pretty good! The Living Daylights is a good film, though, and I think […]

Bond films always follow the same pattern for me: the film is released and the critics rave about it. I go and see it and find it disappointing. A few years’ later, despite telling myself not to fall for it again, […]

I saw the episode with the Adventures on – what a great single. You don’t hear it much these days, do you?

The Loadsamoney single was utterly dreadful; Harry Enfield has never really managed subtlety.

My […]