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Last week we went to the Flora or 'Furry Dance' in Helston, Cornwall. I grew up near this beautiful, if a liitle battered, Georgian town and used to go to the Dance ( although not to partake) annually when I was at a nearby Village school .It was a day off and Helston was a metropolis for we...
IT'S not just anyone who is granted one of ITV's An Audience With programmes - they're usually reserved for those who have made it to the top of the light entertainment tree. In an even greater honour, the channel has decided to bestow its first posthumous Audience to Jeremy Beadle. The programme...
Everybody loves Terry "evergreen" Wogan. Magazine GT, formerly the Gay Times, has revealed that Wogan was only pipped at the post by Boy George in its DJ of the Year award, reports the Daily Express. The magazine's editor, Joseph Galliano, said: "We are not all disco bunnies and the warm,...
I've written this reflection on Serbia's place in the world after last Sunday's elections for the World Service version of From our Own Correspondent and it will be broadcast later today. The stage is magnificent. A jumping riot of Technicolor neon dotted with the white silhouetted images of...
Published Date: 15 May 2008 A SHOW featuring a septuagenarian disc jockey being seduced by a ballet dancer while a flock of pigeons flies across the stage may not sound like most people's idea of enticing entertainment, especially if you have to travel to Belgrade to witness it first-hand. But...
There once was a time where the alarm clock reigned supreme. So much so, that when traveling, many of us would pack our beloved little clocks into our bags to ensure we'd be up on time. Times, however, have changed, and the age-old alarm clock is now being put to bed. A recent survey by budget...
HOW embarassing it must be for the BBC to have to admit that it "celebrates the variety...and fun side" of Eurovision in its defence of it veteran presenter Terry Wogan. Terry Wogan Gets Up the Noses of Europeans The rearguard action came about after Bjorn Erichsen, the powerful Danish director...
By Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk • May 13, 2008 - 16:54 Leading sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust is offering Eurovision party packs to encourage people to raise funds by holding a party in honour of the kitsch song contest. The event will be broadcast live from Serbia on May 24th. The...
With a behaviour expert saying that the recommended alcoholic units for men and women are unrealistic, we asked whether you even knew what they were. Most people didn't. 120,000 drivers are putting the wrong fuel in their car every year and end up paying out £50 million in repair bills. How does...
IT was less a case of the eagle and more a case of the fact that the turkey had landed in Belgrade. Ireland's representative Dustin got his first opportunity to flap his wings at the first rehearsal ahead on... ... IT was less a case of the eagle and more a case of the...
