Something Global in Glasgow

Cherry-picking Irish fans of top UK football teams would no doubt have been in a glory-seeking lather last night as Man Yah-Noy-Reh took on Celtic at Ye Olde Trafforde, in what they probably weren’t calling ‘The Battle of Britain’. I’m sure there was much coin-flipping as to which way around the reversible jersey would be […]

Harry Hill’s TV Burp is back…

Finally, the funniest man in the world is back on a Saturday night. I love Harry Hill, so I’m posting my favourite Harry Hill gags here just so that I can log on and laugh at them all over again… “I knew I was going bald when it was taking longer and longer to wash […]

My 91-year-old Granny…

…in her recliner armchair, mid-sup of a cup of tea, while watching Loose Women on STV could still have poked this in. Hail Caledonia! A 0-0 draw with Norway, grasped from the very jaws of victory. World Cup 2014, here we come.

The Sound of Santa Coming

I freely admit that I’m a sad Smiths anorak. Sorry, aficionado. I always get those confused. Anyway, every book, magazine, not to mention record, that I could find and afford bearing their name which was released during the 1980s, I own. Up to six different versions of the same single, 7″, 12″, different sleeve images, tints, […]

Tutti per Stefano Borgonovo

Former Fiorentina and Milan striker, Stefano Borgonovo, was awarded a benefit match between his two former clubs at Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence this week. The 44-year-old has been diagnosed with the motor neuron disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the illness which claimed the life of former Genoa player Gianluca Signorini in 2002. By way of […]

Honestly, I’m Fine With It…

Originally published in U Magazine, August 2007 My good friend, the self-elected font of all knowledge on the subject of women, has surpassed himself again. You can tell what an expert he is by how sweet he seems when he and his beloved are together – followed by how vitriolic he is about her as […]

State Is Back! Back!! Baaack!!

And it’s more beautiful than ever. Read all about it or, in fact, read it over at State.ie.

Fatman Deserves a Ribbin’

Committed Batman fans have to admit that it’s a miracle the ‘franchise’ is still with us in 2008, considering what a comedy-caper crusader he was back in 1949. No harm to Robert Lowery, the second actor to portray the character on TV, but his costume and physique are nothing short of risible. Myself, I’ve never […]

Book Review: The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson

The Gargoyle is a stone-cold classic From The Sunday Business Post, September 28, 2008 Readers in possession of a pitch-dark sense of humour will find much to adore about Andrew Davidson’s magnificently wicked debut novel of love, death and redemption, The Gargoyle. From the first page, it wastes no time in arresting our attention and […]

Credit Crunching

Baked bean manufacturers could end up being the real winners of this lovely economic downturn we’re all enjoying. It seems that so-called ‘recession cuisine’ is booming in the UK and, as soon as former Celtic Tiger cubs get used to the idea of not being able to shell out €10 for a flavourless ‘deli’ sandwich at their local […]