Afterwards, he could wander over to the Chris De Burgh convention.

Have an up! This is hamper-winning material, but it’s early days, and a Dairylea Triangle will have to suffice for now.

To the tune of NTNOCN’s ‘I like Trucking’:

I like Taupin
I like Taupin
I like Taupin
And I like to Taup

Birmingham’s answer to Mike Nesmith he was not.

Yes, but this has been going on for decades now. I remember when the Imagine film was released in the late 80s. I saw it at St David’s Hall in Cardiff, and there was a small Lennon exhibition to accompany the […]

More Fabs deification (dai-fication?). Bit tired of it, to be honest. The Fabs will not resolve the climate crisis, abolish poverty, or arrest the latest Ebola epidemic. And fashion PR will continue to be the […]

Free shipping! That’s a bonus.

Pretty Green, Liam Gallagher’s ‘loss-making mensware brand’ used to have a decent range of Fab related attire.

Distinct lack of air guitar in the Long Room when the ground was blasted with Gn’R’s Sweet Child O’Mine.

This comment has more than a hint of hamper about it. But, for the record, it’s Bavarian Night, not Bavarian Nights.

Yes, I’m not sure how many were made in total, but I’m guessing somewhere in the hundreds. They […]

Thanks. Yes, I’ve seen that list, but its far from exhaustive, and probably won’t include incidental Manchester locations (i.e the play is not specifically set there). Also, I’m pretty sure it was around the turn […]

When I worked in London, I used to buy my lunchtime sandwich from Speedy’s Cafe on North Gower Street. Next door is used as the Baker Street residence of the BBC’s Sherlock.

When I was a kid living in south […]

Funnily enough, I was watching the cricket last night, and and a familiar tune coming from the crowd caught my ear. But I couldn’t quite place it (refreshment had been taken). I was thinking: ‘this is a really […]

The deflection rule is an interesting one. If the ball had run into the outfield and not gone for four, the etiquette would be not to seek an advantage, and the batsmen wouldn’t have run. Is that correct? If so, […]

Under the old rules, NZ would have been the winners, wouldn’t they? If the scores were level, it went to wickets lost. I had no idea about the ‘super-over’. Like the bolted on rawk music, and the forced […]

Macca’s Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984), with reworkings of Beatles classics, seemed like a self-conscious attempt to put the Fabs back in the spotlight. His big cover feature interview for Q1 (1986) also […]

While I am in general agreement with Gatz on the bedding, I am more equivocal on the towel and underpant departments. White towels look good – until they are used. Then they look dirty. And they are hopeless for the beach.

The scales have fallen from my eyes. Everything is clear now – boringly so. Silly me. I was imagining a hole entirely contained by the restored floor. I realise now you are talking about a rectangular recess […]

Believe it or not, this phrase still gets an occasional outing chez Hairnet. Back in the 70s I had a season ticket at Maine Road, in the Platt Lane stand behind the goal. This was the perfect vantage point to […]

These are the key phrases that made me think triangle: “we have two sides with edging and one without”; “it wasn’t long enough to edge all three sides.”

I am fascinated by your edging story, but am struggling […]

Have you thought about hiring a private investigator?