Why I love…the Shipping Forecast

I’m going to try to follow my daughter’s example with this blog, and post more regularly for the next few weeks. As a result, I thought I’d do some shortish posts where I write about things I love. Welcome to the first in the series! So…the Shipping Forecast. Put simply, it’s a list of the […]

An onscreen kiss to take your breath away.

**CAUTION** A couple of spoilers for Season 4 of Ripper Street are contained herein** I’ve loved Ripper Street from the off. It pushes my buttons on many levels; the Whitechapel mythology, a brooding (and emotionally bruised) trio of leading men, headed up by the delectable Matthew ‘I’m not Colin Firth but I make a cracking Mr Darcy […]

Christmas Telly: And Then There Were None.

No Christmas would be complete without a decent murder mystery. As John Robertson tweeted recently; ‘The Brits love murder. It gives them something to do between Morris dancing and bitching about Morris dancing.’ And, considering my affection for all things cosy crime related, from Agatha Christie to Lewis and Midsomer Murders, I was bound to […]