I agree that Biden is far from the ideal candidate, and worry about significant health wobbles pushing it towards Trump.

But Sanders would never have beaten any Republican. He’s been explicitly left wing on a […]

Excellent conclusion, although I was also baffled by the episode coming in much shorter than the listings had indicated and until the last moment was wondering if there was still more to come.

The first series […]

Michael Caine went to my school – 25 years before I was there.

It was notable that the school never acknowledged him at the time. It had a ‘hall of fame’ of photo portraits of old stuffed shirts that none of us […]

We’ve had a family dilemma. Elderly parents have just had to delay replacement of bath with shower, which was much needed as father recently broke hip and just cannot get into the bath. He’s dependent on my mother […]

For anyone with Amazon Prime, there’s a two-hour documentary titled ‘Supermarionation’. Discovered it a few days ago and saving for a weekend treat.

I suspect the preference for most of use was determined by our age, generally six to nine, when they were first shown.
My favourite was Captain Scarlet – he was up there with John Steed and No. 6 as a great […]

London went barmy with panic buying yesterday, but no surprise when early in the day the media was talking about the city being locked down. Thankfully the government has signalled that’s not likely in the […]

Well I’ve been dragooned into taking my elderly parents out to buy a new vacuum cleaner and carry their grocery shopping, but hoping it means trudging around empty shops.

I haven’t let it stop me doing anything […]

Saw it at the Leicester Square Theatre back in November. He sold out a longish run there, and it seems he’s committed to several shows at the Festival Hall over the summer. Suggests that he has a lot more than a […]

Hooray!

I’d say that, with the exception of season two, it’s been one of the best dramas on TV over recent years.

Loved it when it was brought back and throughout Eccleston/Tennant/Smith years. Generally enjoyed through Capaldi’s time, although Moffat was gradually getting lost up his rear end with incomprehensible plots. All […]

All over the country this evening we will hear the constant refrain of: “He’s not the Messiah! He’s a very naughty boy!”

Saw it yesterday evening. Very good, but not the classic it’s been hyped to be in some circles.

Still undecided on who is best to take over from Corbyn. I’ve got a lot of time for Keir Starmer but doubt he will be favoured by the left, and he isn’t the most charismatic politician. Also admire Jess Phillips a […]

Agree with the point about a lot of Labour voters being small c conservative. Have to acknowledge that xenophobia/anti-immigration sentiment is a significant element of that, which is why they are generally in […]

Original movie of WWDITS was kiwi, but then picked up in the US to turn into a TV show. They did a terrific job of it.

Nice touch was when the three kiwi guys from the original turned up in one episode.

I’m sure this will be taken as heresy by devotees of Phoebe Waller-Bridge, but there was a better sitcom about a single woman struggling through messy relationships – Gameface. It was consistently funnier and […]

I’m not inclined to give Corbyn the benefit of the doubt on this largely because of his initial support for that mural in Newham, a grotesque demonstration of anti-semitism that would have looked in place in Nazi […]

I’ll be honest: I’m finding it more convoluted and harder to follow. Maybe it’s because threads are related to developments in previous series that I watched a year or two ago – a common problem with long running […]

Agree that things were a little slow in these episodes, but I think that if you’ve stuck with the show from the beginning you get so wrapped in the characters and little subtleties in the plot that you don’t mind. […]