July 31, 2013
Life can sometimes sneak up and surprise all of us, and not always in a good way. One day you are happy as a lark, feeling that you’ve got your life pretty much as you want it and all under control… and then ‘Bam!’ – from left-field you’re hit with a massive unexpected bill: perhaps […]
July 24, 2013
“Is it safe?” Dr. Szell (Laurence Olivier) menacingly enquires of Babe (Dustin Hoffman) over and over again, in the classic 1976 movie Marathon Man, whilst probing his teeth with a dental curette without the use of anaesthetic. The quote ‘Is it safe?’ was ranked #70 on the ‘100 Years…100 Movie Quotes’ list. The dental torture […]
July 16, 2013
What was the very first book you can remember reading? A Ladybird book or possibly a Biggles book? Maybe it was a Roald Dahl masterpiece – it all depends on your age group I suppose. Perhaps it wasn’t a book: maybe it was a comic or an annual, such as Rupert or Batman? In my […]
July 9, 2013
‘Reasons to be cheerful – Part 3… One, two, three. A bit of grin-and-bear-it, a bit of come and share it, You’re welcome, we can spare it – yellow socks. Too short to be haughty, too nutty to be naughty, Going on 40 – no electric shocks. Ian Dury and the Blockheads in 1979 This […]