April 2020
#9 Money For No Grope
24/04/20 10:37
I should really watch Unorthodox. Everyone says it’s brilliant, but, like The Handmaid’s Tale, I can’t face it. Particularly now, mired in my Week 5 Lockdown Blues. Home schooling has morphed into constant Mario Kart, the labradoodle needs a clip but the groomers are closed, and my 6pm cocktail fetish, so cheeky and cheerful in Week 2, now has a distinctly medicinal edge. Yes; true suffering - when will people clap for ME? I needed something colourful and heartening to perk me up. Read More…
#8 Fastest Finger First
15/04/20 19:54
Back in 1999, fresh out of university, I got my big break in telly. As a clueless 20-nothing, I was hired by a production company to devise new ideas for Noel Edmonds to pitch to the BBC. I know, it’s another blog all of its own, but I’m not going there (I signed an NDA). Suffice it to say, I started the job in July and Noel ‘resigned’ from the Beeb in a media storm in August. So much for my big break. Read More…
#7 Let me fly, far away from here
13/04/20 21:35
In many ways, things were a lot better in 1988. I was 11, dressed from head to toe in Tammy Girl, recording Tiffany off the radio, falling off my pogoball. Life was simpler then. Well, strictly speaking it wasn’t, as we were allowed outdoors, which automatically made things more interesting and complicated. Read More…
#6 The Kids are Alright
09/04/20 14:25
During this lockdown, we’ve taken the opportunity to really get to grips with our children’s education, implementing a rigorous learning schedule that includes marching in the yard, mastering quadratic equations and dipping into conversational French. I want to the kids to return to school with a rich hinterland, you know? Read More…
#5 Rescue Mission
06/04/20 10:25
Right, so everyone is going on about how amazing Save Me Too is, but having missed the first series, I’m playing catch-up here. If you’re also late to the party, read on, because this is a cracking show and there are plenty of eps lined up. Read More…
#4 Fearful Symmetry
01/04/20 16:22
I really didn’t want to watch Tiger King, and only agreed to because I had FOMO and it was my husband’s turn to choose. If it were up to me, we’d have gone for another ep of This Country, and inhaled a Cadbury’s Daim bar while bathing in its loving, delicate mix of straight LOLS and thorny ennui. Read More…
