Goodnight Sweetheart
Good night sweetheart, tho’ I’m not beside youGood night sweetheart, still my love will guide youDreams enfold you, in each one I’ll hold youGood night sweetheart, good night Words and… Read more »
Good night sweetheart, tho’ I’m not beside youGood night sweetheart, still my love will guide youDreams enfold you, in each one I’ll hold youGood night sweetheart, good night Words and… Read more »
…is just one of the many slogans attached to television adverts for Walkers crisps which starred Gary Lineker. The former England football captain turned tv pundit and National Treasure was usually… Read more »
In August 2021 Boris Johnson (remember him?) was due to come to Scotland. Police set up the usual security operations always associated with the visit of a British Prime Minister…. Read more »
A Budgerigar in a Cage Puts all Heaven in a Rage William Blake was actually talking about a ‘Robin Redbreast’ (you knew that of course) but the principle’s the same. The… Read more »
‘Extraordinary how potent cheap music is’ observed Amanda, a character in Noel Coward’s Private Lives. It’s also extraordinary how a piece of music you haven’t thought about for decades suddenly chirrups back into… Read more »
All lined up in a wedding group, here we are for a photograph.We’re all dressed up in our morning suits all trying not to laugh.Since the early caveman in his… Read more »
In a pub I asked what kind of sandwiches they had. ‘Ham and cheese,’ the man said. ‘Oh, yes please,’ I said. ‘Yes please what?’ he said. ‘Yes please, ham… Read more »
And did you leave a wife or a sweetheart behind?In some faithful heart is your memory enshrinedAnd though you died back in 1916To that loyal heart are you always 19Or… Read more »
In the spring of 2022 Dicky Harrison, the landlord of the Tors pub in Belstone, Devon hit upon the idea of renaming a classic pub favourite as a ‘ploughperson’s lunch’… Read more »
The robin was voted Britain’s national bird in a 1960 poll, and that popularity hasn’t diminished over the years. Stephen Moss in his 2017 book The Robin – a Biography… Read more »