Category: Media

It was late evening and San Antonio was still a cauldron. The tourists were wilting visibly under the red sky. Germans were scrupulously clean in their long shorts and red faces – and the Brits, well they were just the Brits, low-slung Camos revealing tourist cleavage, sweat breaking out like grease on roasting pigs. But… Continue reading Who says dead men don’t dance in Ibiza?

Ron Lambton was a dapper little man, business suits, shiny shoes, smart shirts and slick garish ties. He was a sharp-dressed man with a smile as big as the North-east. And he had ambition … he wanted everything he did to entertain and look and taste good. I met him when, one day about forty… Continue reading Cheers to Ron Lambton, the dapper pub boss I’ll never forget

Is the NHS brilliant? is the BBC rubbish? and don’t get them started on utility companies Click to watch… #Commonwealthgames #utilitycompanies #BBC #NHS

WHAT MATTERS MORE IN ALABAMA IN 2022? HALTING THE DEATH OF A MAN, OR PRISON’S SHOCK AT A SHORT SKIRT? A journalist was made to change her outfit at the execution of a death-row inmate in Alabama after prison officials said her skirt was too short. Ivana Hrynkiw Shatara, managing producer for website AL.com, says… Continue reading WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU AMERICA?

Why CJ – who apparently was no saint – rings them bells for an old friend of mine… A well-known journalist friend of mine has been toying with a name since the letters JC unexpectedly entered Bob’s life again. A young lady called Catherine James was a well-known teenage gal-about-town in the 1960s. And in… Continue reading ‘I met Bob, went out with Mick and married Denny’ … looking back on 60s teenage wild child Catherine James

BE PROUD! WHY F*RTING CAN BE SUCH A BREATH OF FRESH AIR Is f”rting good for you – does it break the ice at parties, or is it just a lot of hot air? Well, snooker guru RONNIE O’SULLIVAN let off one and left a referee and audience in stitches while potting a few days… Continue reading POT FRAP!

What were probably the least believed sex claims against an iconic rock star have been dropped forever. However, JC – the only moniker given to the accuser – now faces a media scrum to expose her. It is an iniquity of the law, in cases like this, that the accuser can remain anonymous while the… Continue reading FOREVER WRONG –‘reckless’ JC drops brazen child sex case against Bob Dylan

The final station on Oldham-born star’s journey Oldham-born Veteran actor Bernard Cribbins, who starred in the Carry On films, Doctor Who and the 1970 film The Railway Children, has died. A statement from Gavin Barker Associates said: “Beloved actor Bernard Cribbins OBE has passed away at the age of 93.” “His career spanned seven decades… Continue reading BERNARD CRIBBINS DIES, AGED 93

No street lights, factories closed and bills soaring again Wholesale gas prices surged again after Vladimir Putin’s regime halved supplies to Europe through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline. Germany has already condemned the action as a ‘duplicitous game’ and others are predicting energy bills could hit £500 for January. And as European nations try to buy… Continue reading POWER OF RUSSIA’S VLAD AXE MAN

Does anybody really know what happened here? The bald bloke with TWO umbrellas on a hot day in the UK may already have been seen by police. One arrest has been made … No matter what the victim did (did he do anything?) he should not be treated like this … A Greater Manchester Police… Continue reading Umbrella Man: Police say arrest made after vid goes viral …