First off, all the very best to Mrs Nog with her predicament. God bless daytime tv schedules. Much respect to you sir for taking on the carer role with such good humour. It must be tough at times and your late […]

It really is a splendid venue. Brilliantly run, mostly staffed by volunteers and a really eclectic performance schedule. (And just ten miles down the road from me!)

Our bowling attack feels quite timid. Stokes is unlikely to be able to last out the entire ashes series surely. Without him, how are we bowling Aussies out? Jimmy Anderson still plays I understand. I’d have him o […]

Michael Jackson for reasons that made the news I believe. Alex Harvey, I think he did his back in. Never got to reschedule before he passed.

Classical with a big C formally refers to the bit between the Baroque and Romantic period. classical with a small c is the generic term for all periods of orchestral/ operatic/ art music post medieval.

It’s also a growing concern that fake QR codes are stuck over the top of genuine ones. I’m fairly IT literate but often struggle to park a car these days. If you have the App already installed and have used it […]

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I genuinely assumed that this announcement was an April Fool joke. Is there a cinema going audience to justify the 4 film releases within a month? Not much in it for the youngsters. In two years time how many […]

And of course features on recent Word in your ear podcast

I had scheduled retirement on my 60th birthday in May2020. The building I was working in closed its doors (possibly February) and so the last couple of months of my 30 year stint with them was working from home. […]

Out of what I’ve seen so far Emilia Perez was the pick of the bunch. I wasn’t looking forward to it and knew very little about the film other than there were songs in it and that a controversial actor had cau […]

I remember simpler times when MySpace and Friends Reunited ruled the waves for a brief period

Quite a lot from the goalhanger collection. In particular rest is politics, entertainment, money, occasionally football but that one gets a bit screamy at times. Frank Skinner off the radio, Word in your ear and […]

Poor bloke. He was a fellow Dagenham boy and we were about the same age. At the height of his teenage star fame, I remember him being targeted by bullies then. I didn’t realise he was still on the scene. H […]

Spoiler Alert To be fair to the series, he does get arrested at gunpoint in Cuba, so you are on the right dramatic lines .

Blimey Tommy was a while ago. It was a great tour and he got to meet Pete Townsend. I think Steve holds the record for most ever panto appearances in Ipswich, something along the lines of 800+. Hopefully […]

Ah yes, I remember Bob from back in the day. I too used to be a regular in the old place and indeed this one. Life changed and for no reason I can fathom, I’ve barely been here for a few years. Back now I’m happy to say.

I’m biased but this track written, performed and produced by my son (Steve Simmonds) and sung by Georgina White, is rather lovely. Steve and George are both currently appearing in panto in North Wales. The song […]