TV COPS ARE ON THE PHONE MORE THAN ON THE BEAT
I intended telling you about the Olympic trampolinist who, immediately after his long-term girlfriend left him, married on the rebound.
But I’ve parked it in the layby of undeveloped articles, because I’ve created a

LET me be totally frank: I’m appalled, irritated, exasperated, wounded, infuriated, slightly tearful and a more than a little angry.
In short, I’m upset.
The lightning bolt news that Louis Rees-Zammit is quitting Rugby Union to try his hand at playing American Football came

LESS NEWS WOULD BE GOOD NEWS
Breaking news!
I’m joking!
I just wanted to grab your attention . . .  like rolling TV news presenters do when the male and female duo (was that format hammered out through an act of Parliament?) become as bored

“THE trouble with kids* today, eh?”
How often do we hear people tut-tutting and complaining about the younger generation?
Quite often, I guess, when you see random ‘feral’ gangs hanging around street corners.
But it is worth reminding ourselves that the vapers and alcopop-swiggers

A HULLABALOO OVER WHO PLAYED WHO IN ‘ZULU’
You know by now I’m not a TV addict who watches soaps or ‘reality’ shows.
While I usually avoid anything with ‘Celebrity’ in the title, I recently watched one that made me laugh out loud –

IT was a former friend who once recycled the old joke of ‘A New Year’s resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.’
With a wit as sharp as that, it was little wonder that he cut himself out of