Since we are talking about best ofs, I think the best TV I have seen all year was possibly Mr Bates versus the Post Office. The worst? I think I had the misfortune of seeing a trailer for Mrs Brown’s Boys.

I do like Love Actually, actually love (see what I did there?). However I have just finished watching the decidedly un-Christmassy Squid Game. Nasty but very good. Series 2 on Dec 26. Looking forward to Wallace and Gromett mainly.

Gosh, I posted the Jona Lewie comment without seeing Brian’s comment. We actually agree on something.

You could do a lot worse than Stop The Cavalry by Jona Lewie. At least it has a point. But I don’t really like any of them. In my opinion, the best ever Xmas number one was Mad World by Gary Jules (2003), which I would say is one of the best cover versions of all time. But not a Xmas song.

And why am I going in the hole? What have I done?…[Read more]

This should have been the Xmas number one.

If there is any chance that Wham! might top the Xmas charts with the same song two years in a row, with a song that is decades old, it speaks volumes about the absolutely carp state of modern music. Also, I think it might be the Xmas song I hate more than any that I have ever heard. It also might be the Xmas song with the video I hate more than…[Read more]

Think you might be digging a hole there.

@brianN, we really are going to have to be on our best behaviour.

Just watched Operation Mincemeat this evening @hunnybunny, care of Netflix. Good stuff but not an obvious candidate for a musical IMO.

A friend went to see him live many years back (the Count, not Gregg). Also went to see I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue (with Humph). Said it was even funnier in the flesh.

You know, I could be persuaded to start feeling sorry for Gregg. Not a lot, mind.