The Rain Never Stops!

It has rained quite a lot over the past 3 days here on the south coast of England… I spoke to a chap yesterday who told me he was so fed up with the rain, and it currently felt like it was never going to stop… “It is torrential, and it is going to...

Alan Partridge Being Hypnotised On Radio

My students, friends, family and most clients tend to know that I have many comedy heroes, past and present… Earlier this year, Katie and I went to the Bournemouth International Centre to watch Steve Coogan’s latest touring offering… I cried with...

As Old As What?

There’s a ‘comedy’ line my Grandfather used to chuckle to himself about – “You’re only as old as the woman you feel.” Which is a cliché from a geenration gone by now, but one which I was thinking about yesterday. Let me...

South Park Values

So as I waded through the Sunday papers yesterday morning, sipping my tea in the garden, ploughing through the commentaries, speculation, opinions, exclusive tell-tales, official verdicts, non-official thoughts, interviews, money enquiries, family trees,...

Farewell Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson died just a few hours ago…. I awoke to the media rumpus on every channel… I have not seen a public mourning like this since princess Diana passed away… Crowds are gathered and getting bigger outside the hospital where he last...