Soap Oprah

Considering I watch too much daytime TV, I’m appalled that I didn’t think of this. There I was, flicking through magazines in the Doctor’s surgery (there’s nothing wrong with me, it’s just easier and more comfortable than flicking through magazines in Eason’s), and I came across this piece of invaluable advice in Woman’s Way’s Letters […]

Ready-made Seoige & O’Shea replacement

If – Heaven forfend – Gráinne Seoige decides to follow Joe O’Shea and quit the cosy late-afternoon chat show, RTE bosses needn’t panic for too long. They simply need to poach TV3’s Colette Fitzpatrick who, as the cover shot from RSVP magazine, below, shows, looks like a convenient hybrid of the two of them. That’s a proper BOGOF offer […]

Do you dig graves?

I Have Grave News certainly loves them. There’s no cultural agenda here, just Johnnie reacting to things in much the same way as I do at the telly of an evening (particularly during Question Time, Newsnight and Hollyoaks). Except with added malice aforethought, gallows humour, a graveside manner and a tickle under the chin.