How sad when one of your heroes turns out to have feet of clay . I’m sure I will never forget that goal against Manchester United in the FA cup where Barthez just stood there with his hand in the air expecting an offside decision, while Di Canio tapped the ball past him into the […]
Entries Tagged as 'Heroes'
RIP Ron Greenwood
February 10th, 2006 · Comments Off on RIP Ron Greenwood · Life
Ron Greenwood deserved to be a lot more of a household name than he was. The fashionable thing to say is that he won the World Cup for England before he became manager, through his nurturing of Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters at West Ham and it may be true. What is beyond […]
Margrave of the Marshes
January 16th, 2006 · Comments Off on Margrave of the Marshes · Life
The John Peel autobiography is, necessarily, a strange book. It was started by Peel, but he had only reached page 165 at the time he died. His wife Sheila, with help from the rest of the family finished it off, so it is half autobiography and half biography. It sounds like it should not work, […]
Moving Mountains
January 8th, 2006 · Comments Off on Moving Mountains · Life
Last night, in an insomniac state, I was watching an interview on BBC News 24 on a programme called Hard Talk. The subject was Claire Bertschinger who was a Red Cross nurse in Ethiopia in 1984. It was her feeding station which was visited by a BBC news crew which resulted in the Michael Buerk […]
Doctor Feelgood
December 14th, 2005 · Comments Off on Doctor Feelgood · Music
I can’t help thinking about that old joke (repeated by Trigger in Only Fools and Horses) about the old broom which has lasted many years, although it had the head replaced twice and the handle replaced once. I saw an advert for Dr Feelgood, playing at the 100 Club as part of Club Bang Bang […]
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Dennis Skinner
December 12th, 2005 · Comments Off on Dennis Skinner · Politics
There is something not quite right about when Dennis Skinner was banned from the Commons for a day last week. Not the allegations he made – maybe Osborne took cocaine and maybe he didn’t, it doesn’t really bother me – and not the way Skinner shouted it all out: its what he is famous for. […]
Tags: Heroes·Labour Party
John Peel Day 2005
October 9th, 2005 · Comments Off on John Peel Day 2005 · Music
Another shameless plug for John Peel day this week. Spizz Energi are playing at the Metro in Oxford Street. As part of the set they will be playing (I Am An) Island which I think they have never played live before. I don’t think it was ever released on record either, but is my favourite […]
Tags: Concerts·Heroes·London·Spizzenergi
Four candles
October 5th, 2005 · Comments Off on Four candles · Life
Sad news. If Ronnie Barker had never done anything else, he would still be considered a great actor just for the role of Norman Stanley Fletcher.
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John Peel Day 2005
September 27th, 2005 · Comments Off on John Peel Day 2005 · Music
If anyone is looking for a good way to mark John Peel day this year, and they are within travelling distance of London, they could do a lot worse than going to see Spizzenergi at the Metro Bar in Oxford Street on October 13th. Spizzenergi did two Peel Sessions in 1979, as well as one […]
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Faith in human nature restored!
August 24th, 2005 · Comments Off on Faith in human nature restored! · Life
This post on a local news/gossip site has restored my faith in human nature. Our latest local hero, Eugene Sully, came second in the recent series of Big Brother. While just about everyone else who was in the show, from the winner right down to whoever got kicked off first is signed up with Max […]
Tags: Brighton·Heroes·Labour Party·TV
