The last time I talked to my far-flung best friend, she was knitting. “That’s funny,” I said. “I was just wearing the scarf you made me, when we went out for a chilly Sunday walk.” She was thoroughly touched that I still think of her every time I wrap up in the nubby blue-ish green […]
Jack and the Beanstalk at Greenock Beacon Arts.
Dame with vast bosoms and lots of innuendo: check.Dashing hero: check.Dim but lovable sidekick: check. Heroine in peril: check. Scary baddie: check.Cow: check. Terrible jokes (but in a good way): check.Local references: Check.Soppy songs: check.Toe tapping songs: check. Corny jokes: check. Happy ending: checkJack and the Beanstalk at Greenock’s new Beacon Arts Centre has everything a good pantomime requires – […]
347/365 One for the Christmas card…
346/365 Possibly the scariest shoes ever
Aren’t these amazing? These boots are made for, if not walking, something pretty serious. And at the very least, they’re going to stop the wearer from blowing away. The wearer in question is my sometime colleague at STV, Laura Boyd. Laura always manages to look amazing. She tells me that at home she slobs about […]
345/365 a little casual racism…
A rum do: Bacardi cocktails in my kitchen
I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias and their client. What do you think of a cocktail then? Bit naff…. Or maybe too fiddly and sophisticated to be bothered with on a school night? […]
344/365 Christmas jumpers – you can’t make me wear one
What is it with the Christmas jumpers? Every shop is packed with deliberately nasty garments emblazoned with red-faced fat men or horned animals. They don’t suit anybody, make you sweat and prickle your skin. They are a joke and the thing about jokes is you’re not supposed to take them seriously. This year festive knitwear […]
