Anne Pickles
M&S and the rest
Published 13 May 2008
MARKS and Spencer is said to be about to break with 85 years of tradition by selling some of Britain’s best-known brands in its stores, alongside its own-label foods.
MMR: Medical manipulation reality
Published 13 May 2008
THE one sure sign of a government in desperate death throes is its fondness for vicious bullying.
Taking Eurovision a bit too seriously...
Published 13 May 2008
SIR Cliff Richard’s most enduring – and irritating – moan is that the BBC doesn’t give any air time to his songs... that’s suddenly the least of his worries.
Gordon’s hot air miles
Published 13 May 2008
When he finally stops swearing, Gordon Ramsay talks uncommonly good sense. But he’s taken rather a long time getting round to articulating it.
Top totty, not top talent
Published 10 May 2008
WHISPER them only in the privacy of a soundproofed room. They’re dirty words these days. Television Awards... aka skullduggery.
We have an opinion on you too
Published 10 May 2008
Pots, kettles... well, we know the rest. Question Time (BBC1 Thursdays) used to be the must-see of all politically interested types – at least the ones with not much better to do of a midweek evening.
A flood, in London? How utterly ridiculous
Published 10 May 2008
A sore point in these parts – and quite right too.
These birds are my kind of pet
Published 9 May 2008
Had it been possible to text a dog for a walk, I might have considered keeping a pet.If she did, she didn’t let on. In fact her expression conveyed she considered my excitement over pheasants a touch overdone – and embarrassing.
Can’t be doing with dogs, peacocks are a bit too showy, I think I’ll stick to my pet pheasants – they’re virtually perfect
Published 9 May 2008
Had it been possible to text a dog for a walk, I might have considered keeping a pet. It seems you can do most things by text now. But not dog-walking – at least not yet.
Phwoar! Rough, a bit thick, with a beautiful body
Published 5 May 2008
Accept no pitifully pale imitations. In the world of serious sausages only Cumberland will do... even Europe’s barmy bureaucrats must see that.
Come out Gordon, wherever you are!
Published 5 May 2008
DID the condemned man eat a hearty breakfast? Was he out walking the cat, busy chewing his nails to the bone or was he locked up with his PC, updating and spinning his CV?
Keep up the good... er...
Published 5 May 2008
KEEPING up the good work – whatever it is – can be something of mysterious science, as we discovered from Carlisle City Council only last week.
You’re not getting my Manolos!
Published 5 May 2008
GREATER love hath no man than he who sold his football memorabilia to help pay for his wedding.
Prime-time suspect
Published 3 May 2008
One of the most troubling aspects of the year long Madeleine McCann mystery has been the claiming as right by all and sundry of an opinion on the family... and most particularly on Kate McCann.
Corrie’s week of misery
Published 3 May 2008
THERE’S been nothing anyone might be tempted to call light or entertaining in this week’s visits to Coronation Street. Even the lovely Becky has been a touch down in the mouth – Jason notwithstanding.
Think Oprah’ll fall for your creepy act David? Don’t hold your breath
Published 3 May 2008
CREEPY magician David Blaine has set a world record by holding his breath for 17 minutes and four seconds on Oprah Winfrey's US TV show in Chicago.
Not feeling shipshape
Published 3 May 2008
BAWDY Pearl’s a winner... and one of the best reasons never to board a cruise ship.
Lunch followed by a proposal!
Published 2 May 2008
It’s not what you expect when launching into the first forkful of a splendid alfresco lunch; long awaited, excitedly planned and about to be much enjoyed in warm Venetian holiday sunshine.His teeth hadn’t been a noticeable detail – unlike the fish’s tasty, soft, blonde flesh, impeccably slid from its bone. When you’re not looking for a husband, you don’t feel the need for surveys of continental teeth.
Offers of matrimony on holiday are best left behind with memories of boats and sea bass
Published 1 May 2008
It’s not what you expect when launching into the first forkful of a splendid alfresco lunch; long awaited, excitedly planned and about to be much enjoyed in warm Venetian holiday sunshine.
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Published 30 April 2008
ACTOR and Old Vic director Kevin Spacey has blasted the BBC for airing talent shows like Any Dream Will Do and I’d Do Anything, which he condemns as blatant adverts for West End shows... quite right too.
