This is part 3 of a series. You can read the first two here and here. I MUST admit that the largely Scottish comedy sketch show Absolutely passed me by whenshown on Channel 4 between 1989 and 1993. I was however captivated by a subsequent spin-off Mr Don and Mr George, featuring two of its main characters. Moray Hunter played […]
This is Part Two of a series which began here. A GERIATRIC ward in an NHS hospital is, one might think, an unpromising setting for comedy. Yet Getting On, in three series between 2009 and 2012, provided giggles aplenty, interspersed with moments which could be incredibly poignant. It was written by Jo Brand, Joanna Scanlan and […]
IN THE cacophony of figures and forecasts unveiled during the Chancellor’s Budget speech, one number remained conspicuously absent – the total population of the UK. Official statistics indicate a significant surge from 61.3million on the brink of the 2008 financial crisis to more than 68million today, a 10 per cent increase in just 16 years. Despite economic […]
I HAVE already waxed lyrical here about Brass, Peter Kay and Father Ted, and think enough has probably been said on the subject of Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, Only Fools and Horses, Dad’s Army, Rising Damp and Porridge. So I’d like to mention some lesser-known British comedy series in the hope of jogging your memories or even introducing you to […]
THOSE of you who peer at your phones to get the latest news often fail to see the really interesting items buried a long way from the front pages. Here are some that you might have missed, taken mainly from one broadsheet this month. ‘Staff at the accounting giant PwC have been told to settle […]
For those of us who grew up in the South, race relations is a tricky topic. From slavery through the Jim Crow era, we Southerners are painfully aware of the racism that litters our history as a region. Trust me, there’s always some leftist somewhere who can’t wait to point it out to us. […]
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