Monthly Archives: June 2007

Paris When It Drizzles

This week saw the start of a new series on BBC2 about Paris, imaginatively titled “Paris”. The presenter is an art historian by the name of Sandrine Voillet, who rather endearingly described The Louvre as her “turf”. I’m not sure … Continue reading

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Aussie Rules Comedy

One of my fondest comedy-related memories is of a show called Let The Blood Run Free (1990–1992), which I also saw sometime around the early-nineties, in those “formative” years. For those who haven’t had the pleasure, this medical soap-opera spoof was … Continue reading

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Obsceni-TV

A B-Day gift arrived this morning from a good friend of mine in the States. I’d received an e-mail from her with a pre-emptive apology, explaining that the gift “wasn’t much”, but she was just being modest, because when I … Continue reading

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