I love the way the East Berliners had the idea to make their road crossing signs more fun to cheer people up.  I think we could do with something similar.  Wouldn’t it be fun to have a leprechaun telling us to cross the road?  Maybe we’ll ask Angela Merkhel if she’d send us a grant […]

Blackpool used to be a holiday hotspot back in the day. It hasn’t changed much though and probably needs a lick of paint. However one thing worth doing is to go there in October to see the illuminations. I thought they’d be really tacky but they are brilliant! It’s about 3km of Christmas lights without […]

At a market in Manchester, this former actor is now selling cheese. He is right that I had no idea he now made cheese. However, I never knew what he did before that either. My sources inform me he was Gail Platt’s husband in Coronation Street. I presume this is a fate worse than making […]

I think it’s time I admit that I suffer from a rare disability.  I’m not sure if there’s a medical term for it but I call it 3DDD, 3D Deficit Disorder.  In other words, I cannot see 3D images in films.  While everyone is oohing and aahing at all those things “flying” in their faces, […]