Ducks in a row
A rather short column this week, I’m afraid. ROAMING round YouTube, I came across this extraordinary clip. These are some of the 1,100 Indian Runner ducks employed by the Vergenoegd Löw Vineyard … Continue readingDucks in a row
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The fairest of them all? Part 3
FOLLOWING my parade of screen lovelies chronicled here and here, this is a selection of actresses suggested by you, the readers. First we visit The Avengers, the slightly camp, always entertaining British espionage series which … Continue readingThe fairest of them all? Part 3
Welcome back, redwings
THE other day I was pleased to see half a dozen redwings busily turning over leaves in the field at the back of our house. It is quite a few … Continue readingWelcome back, redwings
Wodehouse, plus sex and violence
IF, LIKE me, you have read every line of PG Wodehouse’s 90-odd books – at least half a dozen times each in the case of the Jeeves novels – your … Continue readingWodehouse, plus sex and violence
The fairest of them all? Part 2
RETURNING to my personal parade of screen beauties which began last week brings me to two movie versions of the 1934 James M Cain novel The Postman Always Rings Twice. The story concerns … Continue readingThe fairest of them all? Part 2
Who is the fairest of them all?
WHO could forget the scene in Dr No when a white-bikini-clad Ursula Andress emerges from the Caribbean watched by Sean Connery as James Bond? I certainly never have, and neither did those … Continue readingWho is the fairest of them all?
Forgive us our trespasses
This week I am handing over the first item to JEREMY CRAIG-WESTON. LIKE many other people living and growing up in Oldham, in the foothills of the Pennines in Lancashire, … Continue readingForgive us our trespasses
A Bachelor of Hauling Coal
MY Uncle Tom was a gifted raconteur, talented pianist and all-round good egg. He was also, to my knowledge, the only former public schoolboy and university graduate to make a … Continue readingA Bachelor of Hauling Coal
Shedloads of sheds
On our return from the festive break, I am handing over the first item once more to DEREK REYNOLDS. WHAT is it about sheds? My wife has a shed in … Continue readingShedloads of sheds
Fantasy Football League, then and now
IN the 1990s I would race home from work in the early hours of Saturday to watch a video recording of that night’s Fantasy Football League on BBC2. Irreverent, often filthy and … Continue readingFantasy Football League, then and now