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Things To Make Me Smile (and a few things that annoy me)

Television

  • Location, Location, Location

    Have you ever discovered something rather trivial that has given you more a thrill than it should? Well this little map has done just that! Slow Horses is on the horizon so I’ve been rewatching the old series.  Being nosy – I wondered – is that really a place in london so thanks to google… Read more

  • New Year, Same Me

    Yes I’m sat on the sofa watching the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s New Years Day Concert and I’ve dug out the crochet that I told my Mam I’d do. It really doesn’t get better than this! Read more

  • From The Thursday Murder Club (again) to Slow Horses

    I might be making a mistake with this but it’s too late now. It’s September and with September comes comfort. The days are getting noticeably shorter and giving us darker evenings. The weather, which hasn’t been great to begin with, is slowly getting a bit colder. Dark evenings and colder weather mean the autumn TV… Read more

  • My Radio

    I love listening to the radio – I have one in every room in the apartment even the smallest room! Actually, that’s not exactly true – I did have a radio on my locker but retired it for the telly.  What I mean by that is we get the radio through the television and the… Read more

  • Pitch ‘n’ Putt with Joyce ‘n’ Beckett

    I’m not sure how this came back into my memory but it is always worth posting and spreading the joy! Read more

  • Heston Blementhal’s Perfect Christmas

    I’m not treading a fine line on is it too early to mention Christmas?  For me it’s never too early 🙂 I saw this a few years ago and there was another one made subsequently but for me this is the one to watch – it’s pure magic! Heston’s Perfect Christmas I’ve been trying to… Read more

  • John Betjeman – Death in Leamington

    I will happily admit that one of my favourite poets is John Betjeman.  Last night I was in bed watching Kenneth Williams being interviewed by Michael Parkinson.  He was in the company of Maggie Smith & John Betjeman and towards the end of the excerpt they had a piece where Kenneth & Maggie read a… Read more

  • Inspector Morse

    On ITV3 they are holding a John Thaw weekend so I’m glued to the box.  I loved Inspector Morse, both the books and the programme. I will admit that I cried when Inspector Morse died – I remember it very clearly – sitting up in bed ’til the late, lamp on, no music.  I was… Read more

  • BBC One Advert / Bring Me Sunshine

    It really does make me simply smile! Can you watch it without singing/miming along?     Read more

  • Time Team

    I love Time Team but life in the past few years has meant that I haven’t been able to watch it with the fannish devotion of previous years. However I’m watching a very early episode on one of the satellite channels and I looked up the internet to find out how early – and in… Read more