I've only watched the first in this three part history, but as the Telegraph says, 'if only BBC Two would show more proper history documentaries like this'. This really is the BBC at its best!...
Emmie, if you change your mind and decide to try a Ricky Gervais series, 'Extras' is on BBC. Lots of famous faces in every episode. I've just finished watching it. There are three series of, I think,...
I got a text this morning from the 'NHS' telling me I'd been in contact with someone who has tested positive and giving me a link to get a testing kit. I checked the sender's number and it is...
For anyone who may have been following the saga of my several unsuccessful attempts to watch The Office and find something worth watching in it, having determined to try again I’ve re-visited the...
//Adele is accused of being 'anti-trans' after telling genderless BRITs she 'loves being a FEMALE artist' but legions of fans and PR experts praise her for 'standing up for women' during prime time...
Since yesterday every time I access AB on my mobile, the moment I click on another page or try to post I lose the connection. I have no problems with my internet and none at all accessing other...
…. of living for eternity on a perfect earth inhabited by Jehovah’s Witnesses (which is what they expect to do) or the oblivion of death which would you choose?...
Camilla's popularity with the public is on the up. Should she, when the time comes, become Queen? Personally, I think she's doing a good job so I would be happy to see her take her place beside...
... but I'm miffed right now. My husband said he bumped into someone we know walking her dog this morning. She said, 'Don't get too close. I've just tested positive for Covid!' And there she is out...
//At the sparsely attended launch of the True and Fair Party at the QEII Centre on Thursday, Ms Miller said it was time for change, hitting out at both the Tories and Labour. And she promised to clean...
On a television drama a man spiked a girl’s drink. She was suspicious and so dipped her finger into it. It was a dark scene so I couldn’t really see what happened but her nail polish on that finger...
Based on the true story of the imprisonment of two members of the ANC fighting apartheid in South Africa. Something a bit different to watch. The tension kept me hooked....
Re: our recent conversation about the Mary Poppins films. I watched 'Saving Mr Banks' yesterday. What an absolutely delightful movie. Just lovely - and superb casting with Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson...
Round 3 of Tipping Point so just two contestants left. The question: 'In Homer's Odyssey, nectar was the drink of the Gods, but what was their food? Contestant 1. Hamburgers. Contestant 2. I would...
Highly recommended to Dickens fans. Gyles, in his own inimitable way, tells the story of Dickens' life.
https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-jzgcyn/charles-dickens-with-gyles-brandreth/...
My one 'regular' thread, posted annually to remember those no longer with us, and to invite everyone else to add their own favourite Christmas songs, their greetings, their memories, and their...
//J. K. Rowling of Harry Potter fame has once again ridden valiantly into the gender wars — this time to object to Police Scotland’s policy of recording rapes as being committed by women, should the...