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I don't know who is the head of casting for BBC's hit reality show, 'The Apprentice.' What I do know however, is their uncanny ability to bring together a collection of the most annoying personalities. I doubt that official casting instructions state that only top rate buffoons will be considered;...
(0) Comments | Posted 15 April 2013 | (13:43)
Justin Bieber left this message in the guestbook at the Anne Frank museum: "Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a belieber."
Just when I thought this little twerp couldn't be any more irritating, he surpasses my expectations. His...
(0) Comments | Posted 3 April 2013 | (00:51)
The latest series of Made In Chelsea is upon us and I once again feel queasy, can someone pass the bucket? Why do we always insist on celebrating excess? It is absolutely beyond me why so many watch this glorified tripe. It is quite literally the television equivalent of manure....
(0) Comments | Posted 8 March 2013 | (13:15)
I recently interviewed the boxer Anthony Crolla. I had always wanted to interview a boxer. There were questions I had always puzzled over. Such as whether Hollywood really depicts the life of a boxer correctly: drinking raw eggs at the crack of dawn springs to mind. Also, what was it...
(0) Comments | Posted 10 February 2013 | (19:32)
On his road to winning the X-factor in 2010, Mathew Cardle performed Nights in White Satin, which he believed to be a, 'forgotten classic.' Soon after, the original reentered the charts, and a new generation was introduced to The Moody Blues. The Moody's forged their identity in the 60's and...
(3) Comments | Posted 27 January 2013 | (05:39)
Miriam Margolyes, the actress best known for playing Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter Films has moved to Australia; as many Brits do. However, unlike many: Margolyes seized the opportunity to take a cheap parting swipe at the country she leaves behind. Among her claims, Margolyes labeled Britain as having...
(0) Comments | Posted 23 January 2013 | (17:38)
Later this year a biopic will be released that charts the life of the late Apple visionary Steve Jobs. Ashton Kutcher is the actor privileged enough to play this enigmatic entrepreneur. Fascinating no doubt, but I cannot help but feel disappointed in the Hollywood juggernaut for what I see as...
(1) Comments | Posted 12 January 2013 | (17:12)
There used to be show on television I would have been perfect for, Grumpy Old Men. Unfortunately, or indeed fortunately, I am only 23 years of age. Nevertheless, here is a list of the things I feel people must not do.
1) Wear football kits on holiday:...
(44) Comments | Posted 7 January 2013 | (23:00)
Saturday night saw the debut of Tom Daley's Splash! on ITV: another show where celebrities try their hand at a completely foreign pursuit, get judged by a panel of quasi experts and face eviction from the public. Nothing new so far.
However, with Tom Daley as the face of the...
(1) Comments | Posted 30 December 2012 | (16:30)
The festive period has passed, and yeh sure you had a good time blah blah blah. Yet now a sobering thought as you gear up for a return to the mundane: you may have fattened a tad over the festive period. It is true I'm afraid, cower all you like!...
(0) Comments | Posted 1 November 2012 | (13:52)
Last night, as others around the country dressed up as scary vampires and skeletons, I dressed up as my mum. Sourcing the costume was easy enough, and involved a brief foray into her bedroom cupboards. The end result was uncanny. Had it not been for my facial hair, which I...
(0) Comments | Posted 5 August 2012 | (13:55)

The other day I was asked if I wanted to go on a day trip to Brighton. This is normally the sort of offer that I shun as I like to stay well within my comfort zone, and this felt, well...outside of it. However,...
(2) Comments | Posted 1 April 2012 | (00:00)
Today I was asked whether, given the choice, I would plug myself into a machine that guaranteed happiness for the rest of my life.
Having mused over the semantics of what this happiness machine would look like (an intravenous drip that followed you around, a wired charger that you plug...
(0) Comments | Posted 22 March 2012 | (18:01)
I fly economy. I am neither proud nor dismayed by this fact. It is the way of the world: your finances dictate where you sit on a plane. That said, once there strap in and enjoy the discomfort! The old turn of phrase, the body is thy temple, no longer...
(0) Comments | Posted 15 March 2012 | (12:14)
It is Lent term, week seven. The alarm sounds on my iphone, and nostalgia sets in as I catch a glimpse of my phone's screensaver. It's me on the top of Machu Picchu with walking poles in hand and a weathered smile on my face. The alarm sounds again, and...
(0) Comments | Posted 12 January 2012 | (17:17)
There is nothing worse in this life than the disease of solitude. As such, in my eyes at least, there is nothing more respectable than going out and seeking a life partner. If that search turns you to the path of online dating, then so be it. The social taboo's...
(0) Comments | Posted 4 January 2012 | (14:10)
When I discuss Tom Cruise films with certain people they immediately announce a disliking for the man and thereby declare no interest in seeing his films. I ask why and get pointed in the direction of his beliefs in the controversial practice of scientology, his outburst on the Oprah Winfrey...

(0) Comments | Posted 9 May 2013 | (14:04)