Month: August 2017
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Bob’s Full House In Popular Fiction
The trouble with making pop culture references in something is that it tends to date the work. That’s fine, if the work doesn’t suffer from being dated, and many times that’s the case. Take this book by Tom Holt for instance … First published in 1991 by Orbit, Flying Dutch was sat on my shelf…
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What’s The Opposite Of Head Slapping?
Let’s start with the inevitable Friday link to my podcast setisoppO, the podcast of opposites. This week, we discuss the possible opposites of a trophy, an ironing board, and head slapping. http://traffic.libsyn.com/sundayssupplement/setisoppo051.mp3 So, about that head slapping. Any fan of Alan Partridge (back on your screens soon) will recognise the mantra of the Bald…
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Chocolate
Chocolate. We all love chocolate. We love eating chocolate. We love arguing about the best chocolate. We even love songs about chocolate. We love chocolate so much that chocolate companies have been trying out new chocolate products on us for years, and then withdrawing said chocolate products when our chocolate tastes have changed, or moved…
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A Local Shop For Local People
With the excellent news that The League Of Gentlemen will be returning to our screens for three new episodes in the autumn, it’s remarkable how many of their seemingly grotesque characters are born from encounters with real people. We all know that the Local Shop is based on a visit to Brighton for the gang’s…
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Victoria Coren Doing Stand-Up On 100 Per Cent With Trevor And Simon
In her book For Richer, For Poorer, Victoria Coren talks about her time doing stand-up comedy. Here she is, at 19, on a show called 100 Per Cent, which was hosted by Trevor and Simon. https://youtu.be/WZFj7m7MDo4 Here’s the full(ish) episode. I have no memory of this show whatsoever, but it appears to have been on…
