Good afternoon.
Last night I had the honour and pleasure of hosting the Royal British Legion's Christmas carol concert at the Guildhall. The Guildhall has had a serious wash and brush up and, once again, looks the gem it always was.
It had just got a bit grubby.
Last night I had the honour and pleasure of hosting the Royal British Legion's Christmas carol concert at the Guildhall. The Guildhall has had a serious wash and brush up and, once again, looks the gem it always was.
It had just got a bit grubby.
Moving on and "Duck Face" has been a longtime pin-up of mine: the fabulous Ms Anna Chancellor of "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and a galaxy of other stuff. The only thing that nearly spoiled this otherwise splendidly English romp of a movie was the pay-off music , "Love is All Around".
In itself, a fine pop song.
In it's place in the movie, however, an embarrassment of a musical "marshmallow", to borrow from the Hugh Grant - Andie MacDowell wedding dress scene.
I doubt this will be one of the points Jasmine will put to the lovely boys who are Wet Wet Wet when she talks to them later but I am sure it will be coursing through your minds as they all flirt together at 6.
In itself, a fine pop song.
In it's place in the movie, however, an embarrassment of a musical "marshmallow", to borrow from the Hugh Grant - Andie MacDowell wedding dress scene.
I doubt this will be one of the points Jasmine will put to the lovely boys who are Wet Wet Wet when she talks to them later but I am sure it will be coursing through your minds as they all flirt together at 6.
Ever lost your car-keys? Most nights, as I get over the angst of travelling with South West Trains, my frail mental state is further troubled by a search of my crowded and untidy brief-case for my own means to a final, motorised motion home. If you really lose them and need to replace them it can be a real bind. How come, then, a bunch of baddies not only forged DVLA papers and passports, but also managed to use the fakes to persuade car dealers on the continent that they were whoever the forgeries said they were, that they had lost their car-keys and that they needed new ones? And they fell for it!
I would just love to see the one who claimed he was Tara Palmer Tomkinson, for the sometime "It" girl was one of their victims. Ronke buckles up and switches to hands-free for you at 6 with the details of their quite proper collision with justice.
I would just love to see the one who claimed he was Tara Palmer Tomkinson, for the sometime "It" girl was one of their victims. Ronke buckles up and switches to hands-free for you at 6 with the details of their quite proper collision with justice.
We've also the story of the couple who had a sort of collision with 'travelling people'. This is a red-rag to a bull for some of you, we know, but first hear the story and then see what you think. It involves law-abiding folk moving to a retirement idyll in Essex only to have their nirvana invaded. It got nasty and even involved decapitated squirrels: I am not saying it is headless horses in Sicily but it would concentrate your mind, wouldn't it? Moving on or holding your ground, Marcus is the man saying "seconds away, round one!"
Nothing festive about the footy clash of the titans this weekend: Arsene's Arsenal vs Abramovich's Blues - I know it's Avram's or Grant's but neither go as well with "Blues" as "Abramovich". Jon Gilbert, a Watford fan, gives us his considered and impartial view. (If Marcus gets within an inch of him, it'll all get "red" but I'll try and keep an eye on things).
James casts his masterful eye over Enchanted and Bee Movie - the first one got the beautiful Faye all emotional in the meeting - I have always seen her as a sort of fairy Princess, anyway, so I can fully understand this touching reaction. Bee movie, we all agreed, lacked a sting in it's tail: see what James makes of it, though.
Salma glanced quizzically at me at the end of the meeting and just said "Shall I do it, then?" when we came to the fierce and exhausting debate which always rages over what goes into and who presents What Not To Miss. I think she has a demon plot in mind... but both you and I will just have to wait, diaries poised and, in my case, crash helmet to the fore, to find out.
Chrissie had better do better with the weather for the weekend or I will personally post her back to Nottingham, second class.
London's papers will try to keep up with our news belt so, all in all, it's all there to set you up for your merry, one-more-to-go-before-Christmas, weekend.
London's papers will try to keep up with our news belt so, all in all, it's all there to set you up for your merry, one-more-to-go-before-Christmas, weekend.
See you at six for musical mince pies and lovingly mulled news.
Alastair & Salma.
