Natürlich Sal!

Peel holding a copy of ‘Colours Of My Life’, the autobiography of Malcolm Allison, who, coincidentally, was also born in September.

Happy Birthday salwarpe!

It’s almost as if prog. never happened.

What about a list of the best bollocks?

If we’re talking about ‘My Bass and Other Animals’ I’m in complete agreement. Couldn’t get beyond the first twenty pages. Insufferable.

It became the funniest film ever made when I watched it after feasting on a plate of space cakes. Foolish overreach meant I missed the finale with a hurried trip to the bog.

Loondance

From the man who gave us Enlightenment.

Such jaundiced views would never fall from the lips of Richard Thompson. And I bet Sting wears a lab. coat in bed.

I don’t see RT as a big hitter. He’d never take on the hook shot. Shuffles around the crease a bit. A nudger into the gaps for quick ones and twos. Crafty. A marginally more upbeat Chris Tavaré. I think he’d meet […]

On a slightly tangential note, I was most entertained by Bob Mortimer’s ‘car chicken’ concept, a whole cooked chicken kept in the boot. It certainly broadened the palette of poulet possibilities. May I suggest […]

I remember a stern warning about the stinging tree when I was in Queensland over thirty years ago. The guide told us a story about the botanist and conservationist David Bellamy, who tested it on himself, and regretted it.

Have you ever bought an album in hope? A hope that dissolves on first and second playing and quickly curdles into resentment, so that it becomes a stain on your highly prized collection? An unsightly mole. A […]

He’s a rising star. Lad’ll go far.

I saw Feargal Sharkey on Mortimer & Whitehouse’s Gone Fishing. He’s now working as an activist for the conservation of chalk streams. Great to see him so enthusiastic and knowledgable.

You cannot be serious?

Are you talking monocoque?

You’d expect any half-competent presenter to be articulate and quick on their feet. Isn’t that what the job’s about?

Does he ever advance our understanding of the game, it’s minutiae, the psychology, the […]

Ant & Dec. could do MOD with ease. Gary’s a poacher turned gamekeeper. I think he’d struggle with any other gig.

£1.75m a year? That’s far too low! I would willingly sell my house and all its contents to support Gary, Alan and the BBC! 😉

Why would they love to poach Lineker, though? Can you spell it out for me exactly what is so attractive about him as a presenter? As a footballer he was first class. As a presenter he’s a long, long way from a […]

Lineker’s appeal and salary is baffling to me. Other than a football highlights show once a week, what does he do for his 1.75m/year? What makes him so highly valued? He’s an average presenter with a very limited […]