Chris Parker

Stalin notorious for making sure you could walk to the shops

The absolute accuracy of this.

Norwich son
Where've you gone?
The Metropole awaits.

New year, new me! *wakes from uneasy dreams to find I’ve been transformed into a gigantic insect*

Have caught up. Agree very much, but that feeling was sidelined when Hugo said Ellie's name was on the tip of his lips. And they should have all voted Adam out for wearing a cap indoors.

And for a split second, because the intro graphics are on screen so briefly, I thought Reece was a sweat shop assistant.

Also, as I'm watching a day behind on catch-up, the personal trainer's tendency to 'perspirate' was an odd one, what with it not being the 1700s.

Trying harder not to define by opposition, I'm sure some of the people behind the Hootenanny had good intentions, and I've enjoyed listening to lots of good music this year that wasn't by the Kooks. Happy 2026.

It does tick the classic 'half-heartedly commit to a change you know isn't going to happen' box.

Same. I'm working throughout to save leave for moving, and it's hopefully going to be quieter than Trish's place.

I asked ChatGPT what will I be?
Will I be pretty? Will I be rich?
Here's what it said to me:

Que sera, sera
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que sera, sera
STICK YOUR HAND IN THE GARBAGE DISPOSAL

Has everyone else had the same idea and now it's busier than usual? Eyes on the March prize!

I've lost count of the times I've taken the wrong road en route to mum's and ended up on single track 'roads' with 8ft high walls. Probably explains a few of those duffed headlights too.

Yes mum, I'm sure Constantine's a lovely village, but it might as well be on the moon.

Congratulations! Finished it last week and absolutely loved it.

Always a worry when a book you love gets an adaptation, but the first 2 episodes of Leonard and Hungry Paul look like the BBC have done a grand job of it.

In the Mail/Sun style of hearing things, then saying 'I've heard x, so x must be the case' without applying any critical faculty at all.

Still better to watch than Kate failing to understand Nick's play even when it's presented in words of one syllable with visual aids.

It's very well done indeed.

If a party puts a racist who called for people to be burned alive on its conference platform and she gets a hero’s welcome, I think there are valid inferences that can be drawn.

My Thoughts on the Riyadh Comedy Festival I’ve been asked for my opinion on the Riyadh Comedy Festival and rather than answer the same question 23 times, I’ll just put this out here. Oh, and I should preface this with the fact that I was not ...

"Holy shit, I remember the backlash I got for appearing in Alvin and the Chipmunks! You would’ve thought that I had taken money from a bunch of people responsible for funding Al Qaeda!"

To add to your existing unicycles?

Why are you listening to Farage again. Why are you giving him a platform. Why are you concentrating on the wrong problems. How are we letting this happen. Etc. etc.

The laziness and implied bias of the BBC here is extreme - "No 10 did not comment" presumably because the CPS and courts are independent, but there's no attempt to find anyone who would argue the opposite view, just the unchallenged whine of someone who called for asylum seekers to be burnt to death

Gerald's Game?

Beauty - not been to Book Folk before, so will check it out. Unconventional choice of wedding gift, but there you go.

Hope you managed to get to Scriveners bookshop whilst there!

Unconvincing boyfriend material. Can you report that sort of nonsense to LinkedIn?

Niche, and lovely with it.