I’ve watched a ton of these & Jamal is very hard to dislike- mostly perhaps because he seems honestly surprised by almost everything. Rather than being annoying, this is endearing due to its sincerity.
I’m not […]

If memory serves he played alongside a certain M. Platini, then skinny as a rake (!) & as swashbuckling a player as you’ll ever see – post playing career has not been universally admired as much, it must be said!

Oops!
Profound apologies to Mr West ( & his GLF as well, of course).
I had a distinct impression he’d shuffled off & assumed the canal progs were just on a perpetual loop from the 1990s!

I saw our Kev at a Punk nostalgia lig in the 90s in his full ‘ My Beauty’ drag.
He gave off a weird, lonely vibe & I didn’t feel inclined to say anything to him. Normally back than with a skinful of free vodka […]

Great minds think alike!
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He really was a magnificent actor.
I was lucky enough to see him play King Lear at the NT in the late 80s – alongside the late Timothy West – it really was as good as theatre gets & from what I understand it was […]

I think there has to be a strong element of personal bias for one’s own club guiding the choices, coupled with the era when you became smitten.
My faves: Chelsea 1970 – by consensus, never bettered. The white s […]

A very cool kit – always seemed very ‘mod’ to me, before I had any idea what that meant.
AI struck up a conversation at a boring party in the 90s with a bloke who was wearing an expertly home knitted jumper wit […]

I love the AW!

I dunno, john – can something which came first be subsequently classed as a sub genre?
As for Western Swing – I guess that’s really the ‘W’ in ‘C&W’ as Country used to be routinely called. When that ‘W’ got d […]

I’m really enjoying this thread, covering as it does stuff I’ve regularly pondered & argued with friends about.
As a kid, I bought a ‘Golden Age Of Rock n’ Roll’ cash in book for a mammoth 75p as I was gripped b […]

Have a huge up for ‘Train to Busan’ – I can’t recommend this movie highly enough, which works brilliantly within its self imposed constraints (it’s set on a train!).
It manages to provide adrenaline, laughs […]

It’s a tangled web, to be sure.
St James Park tube station is a case in point.
Depending which platform you’re on, you’ll see the official London Underground sign spelt both St James Park and St James’ Park. […]

Well, Trump should be unelectable – any rational person knew that at least as early as 2015.
However, he got in. There was much chicanery, he lost the popular vote and almost no command of his brief.
But he […]

To answer the OP, pretty certain it’s another 4 years come November.
The Dems seemed determined to select a candidate that will actually struggle against the incumbent cretin. Joe Biden is the Republican’s dre […]

He’s always referred to as ‘My Wife’s Knickers’ in our house.
Either as a result of a comic taking him off or a drunken in-joke, nobody can now recall – but if you say it (or imagine it said) with the absurd […]

Thanks for posting that NE1 , much appreciated.

I’m re-reading the masterful ‘Cornish Trilogy’ by Robertson Davies after about 25 years. It is utterly fantastic & without doubt one of the most enjoyable & ‘nourishing’ reads of my life. I also have the ‘Dept […]

Siouxsie (of the Banshees) smoked Rothmans back in the day.