KATY PERRY LIKES LONDON BOYS….WELL, MOST OF THEM 25 June 201225 August 2012john hiscock Comment “I like London boys,” Katy Perry tells me with a wink. Then she adds: “Except one.” The I Kissed A Girl singer [...]
HOLLYWOOD REWRITES HISTORY WITH VAMPIRES AND WEREWOLVES 20 June 201225 August 2012john hiscock Comment Ben Walker as Abraham Lincoln It seems that a lot of what we learned in history class wasn’t the full story. Who knew, [...]
WOMEN? WHEN IT COMES TO CHAT, SHERLOCK HOLMES HASN’T A CLUE 18 June 201225 August 2012john hiscock Comment As Sherlock Homes, Benedict Cumberbatch is a wizard at deduction. But when it comes to chatting up girls, TV’s super sleuth admits [...]
THE BAND PLAYS ON…AND SO DO ENGLAND 15 June 201225 August 2012john hiscock Comment It could be coincidence but the noisy England band, which was barred from the England-France European Championship game, was allowed back into [...]
OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONY TO FEATURE BRITISH COUNTRYSIDE 12 June 201225 August 2012john hiscock Comment The Olympic Stadium will be transformed into the “British countryside” for the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Games on 27 July, director [...]
ENGLAND OFF TO A GOOD START 11 June 201225 August 2012john hiscock Comment England supporters soak up the atmosphere– and the beer— in Donetsk where England got off to a creditable start in the European Championships [...]
A FROTHY TIME AT BARRELHOUSE 101 10 June 201225 August 2012john hiscock Comment Heard about a new pub just opened in Ventura and as I was spending the weekend down the road in Oxnard and I’m [...]
DULL AND BORING PAIR UP 9 June 201225 August 2012john hiscock Comment Never before has such a frenzy of interest surrounded Dull and Boring. Boring, a town of 15,000 in Oregon, has voted in favour [...]
CONTROVERSIAL START TO EURO 2012: RACIAL CHANTS AND TONGUE TWISTERS AS A FRENCHMAN HELPS POLAND TO A DRAW 8 June 201225 August 2012john hiscock Comment Poland and Greece got Euro 2012 got underway on Friday to a controversial start amid occasional racial chants, some poor refereeing, two sendings-off [...]
REUNION AT THE CASTLE 7 June 201225 August 2012john hiscock Comment What’s a trip to Edinburgh without a visit to the castle, particularly if it’s closed to the public for a private banquet? It [...]