Well, I suppose it’s different for women. We sit down for both practices, for a start. And instead of needing a book because we have to spend so long in there, we bring a book so we don’t have to leave the loo so […]

What – there exists people who doesn’t read on the loo?? What a waste of their time!

Hmm, I’ll check it out later – but I tend to find these Hall Of Fame type events a bit cringey when they give speaches, and hardly ever as good as I want it to be when they play music…but the times when they do […]

Yes – that’s the food that made it feel a little bit like Christmas.
How’s your Jansson plans going, @Freddy-Steady? Any ansjovis coming your way yet?

December was weird this time around and Christmas was more or less ruined…got sick on the 18th and wasn’t back at work until 2nd January – staying isolated for two weeks, not seeing another soul apart from my […]

Good job, Lodes, it’s not your fault… 😀
First thought was “None of my picks are listed!” (Not true, six of mine are, but no higher than place 37) Second thought: “There are two Swedes here, one in the One […]

My delayed copy of James Blake – Friends That Break Your Heart arrived earlier this week, but I’ve deliberately not listened to it yet – just in case I’d like it enough to want it in my list…too late, my list […]

My mum and I used to go regularly to the theatre, just the two of us, in the late 70s (after my parents divorced) and we saw him in The White Horse Inn as Sigismund (singing the only memorable song, bar the title […]

Lovely, @Freddy-Steady! But I don’t think Abba makes ansjovis – the famous brand is Grebbestads. As long as he doesn’t deliver “ansjovis-spiced” herring – you can’t use that for Janssons.

Normally I would have been at work today, but this year I’ve been isolated at home since December 18…but lucky for me (well, sort of), it wasn’t covid, but Bronchitis. Today was the first day when I felt almost […]

Finally someone else voting for the Laura Mvula album! The AW:ers are missing out if they don’t check this album out…

Helen Sjöholm (you’re surrounded by pedants today @Kaisfatdad), but yes, she can sing…that song in particular never fails to move me. It’s funny how Björn – a high profile atheist – managed to write such a p […]

The most Afterword aspect of that film is that Tove Lo is playing the part that Monica Zetterlund played in the original films, that of the reformed village whore.

A great epilogue to a great project, Dave.
I can’t remember who it was that said they would take on the rest of the albums, but he should call the project “Dave’s Legacy” as a tribute to Bowie and you… […]

Yeah, pricking a finger (Accu-Chek brand), and the main reason I don’t do it as much is that on days when I work (not WFH) I’m very regular with eating-times and I always cook and bring healthy lunchbox meals so […]

So, @duco01; are you a fan of Jansson? Or is there another Swedish favourite on the julbord that you prefer?
If I recall correctly, you are not a fan of the sillsallad.

Ah – Viagra Boys ended up only just outside my Top 20; if it wasn’t for those instrumental and spoken word interludes it probably would have been up there – I just find those sort of things annoying. But the rest […]

Hi @Arthur-Cowslip – getting your Type 1 diagnosis this late in the game, I assume that you have what I got diagnosed with a couple of years ago: LADA?
For me, I was misdiagnosed with Type 2 for 10 years before […]

It’s unmissable, @Freddy-Steady! Well, to me, and a lot of people it is – others think it’s vile. Mostly young people – I confess to not liking it before I hit my 20s. The important thing to remember, should you […]

I’m way ahead of you regarding the bishop… hic!