Monthly Archives: January 2006

The eventual outcome of Channel 4’s Celebrity Big Brother was rather unsettling.  The housemate who actually won,  wasn’t a celebrity in the first instance. But then again, were any of the others?  If Michael Barrymore were a horse, then he … Continue reading →

I profoundly apologise for this long column, I didn’t have the time to write a short one.  They (whoever ‘they’ are!) reckon that confession is good for the soul. When I was a ten-year-old kid, I prayed to God for … Continue reading →

  It was purely out of morbid curiosity that I tuned in to eavesdrop on Channel 4’s Big Brother this week.  The beleaguered Michael Barrymore  (who once owned the most perilous stretch of water in the United Kingdom) and Saddam-fan, … Continue reading →

Happy New 2006! Get out of your old rut. Start a new rut. Spread malicious rumours on a daily basis. Stop returning things you borrow.   Quit your job to pursue your lifelong dream of becoming a window cleaner.  Celebrate Christmas everyday. … Continue reading →

I am in Qatar near Dubai, next to Bahrain adjacent to the United Arab Emirates.  Petrol is 15p a litre, a packet of fags cost a modest 70 pence for twenty, and what makes the situation even more attractive, is the  … Continue reading →