Greenock

Jack and the Beanstalk at Greenock Beacon Arts.

December 15, 2013 By Ellen

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 – […]

234/365 One of the best views in the world

August 22, 2013 By Ellen

But these pictures don’t really do it justice. I’m clearly going to have to read the instructions and work out how to do a panorama. Where is it? Oh. If you drive – cycle, or otherwise propel yourself – over the hill from Kilmacolm to Greenock you get this view. All of a sudden after driving […]

Bon Voyage to Sir Ranulph Fiennes as he starts his coldest journey

December 8, 2012 By Ellen

Sir Ranulph Fiennes Mad as a box of frogs. Bonkers and batty. It’s easy to find words to describe the 68-year-old man who is on his way to Antarctica to embark on the Coldest Journey on Earth. Sir Ranulph Fiennes is attempting to cross Antarctic in winter. It will take him, and six colleagues, around […]