Entries by Andy Hayes from 10/2011

X Factor cry babies could use some Downton grit. Kind of.

| Posted 10.05.2011 | UK Entertainment

It happens every year, of course. A young singer with a deep ache in their ego, I mean soul, blubs before the X Factor cameras. They say things that might as well be written on cue cards, helpfully held up by the producers: 'It means everything to me.'

Small Children in Restaurants - Yes or No?

| Posted 10.10.2011 | UK Lifestyle

Clearly, becoming a parent involves sacrifices, and unless children can be quiet, then eating out, en famille, should perhaps be one of them.