2008-11-24UTC04:26:29Ray's GigsI've seen quite a few bands, but not as many as this guy... Thanks to Richy for the story, see www.raysgigs.com for the gig goer mentioned in the story...... 2008-10-30UTC08:07:48Who is Russell Brand?Lordy, could Russell Brand have done anything better to raise his profile than that phone call to Andrew Sachs? Mostly it's probably the Hate Mail on Sunday that's to blame. When the original Russell Brand show went out, no-one was listening. It's on... 2008-09-01UTC05:32:34The plot of a Christopher Brookmyre bookOK so this story doesn't have a plot that we know of so far, but each bit of information that's eeked out of nowhere by the press leads the imagination in different directions, like a good book. Of course, this is not a book, these are people's lives... 2008-07-09UTC01:14:45BonekickersDid you see Bonekickers on TV last night? I will watch some crap, but even I had to turn it off, it was so bad! I am still tempted to catch up on what I turned off on iplayer later, just to reassure myself that it was just about the worst thing ever.... 2008-03-18UTC02:59:25New not-comedy on BBC4Looking forward to this, the first in a new series "The curse of comedy", it'll be a drama mockumentary type thing about the relationship between Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. Starring Jason Isaacs (The State Within) as Harry H Corbett and Ph... 2007-11-16UTC10:38:21Swim Terry, swim for your life!<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/7096816.stm">Ace red squirrel story</a>, or should that be "tale" (TAIL, GEDDIT?!?!) Thanks Dave.2007-10-05UTC11:26:46Amy Winehouse (aged 14) in The Fast ShowNice one www.popbitch.com.Just found this post from 2004 regarding Amy Winehouse (and I'm sure there's more in the archive), where I was whooping with glee because she bigged up my website in an interview with the BBC. It's not archived on the webwis... 2007-05-08UTC10:16:34Top weekendGreat weekend visiting, eating, and drinking, very nice indeed, cheers. Not such a bad journey down to Fareham as it might have been, considering it was the bank holiday and traffic was supposed to be monstrous. Normal holdups around Hindhead and the... 2007-03-26UTC06:26:36It's the end of the world.No, not that end of the world, something a bit more lighthearted. Possibly. In an age where any security camera footage of a crime seems to be inconclusive, or not good enough quality to be of any use, or just not pointing the right way at the right ... 2007-03-06UTC01:28:21So here's the Guardian story THE MAN couldn't hush upCash for honours: key document names LevyIt's been good for The Guardian I'm sure, I bought one today to see what the fuss was about; on BBC Breakfast this morning they were so wary of the story they didn't even have a copy of the Guardian on their d... 2007-01-17UTC08:42:04Blood on the tracksWatched "The Roadkill Chef" last night, billed by BBC Three as "Eccentric roadkill connoisseur Fergus Drennan tries to change the eating habits of the people in the town of Sandwich in Kent by throwing the community a roadkill feast". Sandwich is rea... 2007-01-15UTC10:12:20Magic dartsTurned on the final of the Lakeside World Championship last night while we were having tea (Sunday, so chilli), and nearly turned it right off again as it looked like a bit of an embarrassing white washing, Martin Adams bein six sets to nill up again... 2006-09-26UTC06:33:18Leave Dave the dolphin alone!The Folkestone Dolphin is in The Sun today:JET skiers and kayakers will be prosecuted if they harass a dolphin that has taken up residence in the English Channel.The dolphin who has been nicknamed "Dave" has made the sea off Folkestone, Kent, his hom... 2006-07-18UTC09:53:28Curse of the Titanic?Just found this on popbitch of all places:A boat, The Nomadic, which was built and used to bring 1st class passengers from the dock to the Titanic on its maiden voyage was rescued from a scrap yard in France and is to be used as one of the main attra... 2006-06-30UTC09:17:42Body washed up on Folkestone beach :-(From Auntie:The body was discovered in Folkestone shortly after 2200 BST on Thursday.A police spokeswoman said it was believed to be that of a girl who was last seen in the water near the Rotunda amusement park earlier that day.And a sad update from ... 2006-06-21UTC09:38:08Obligatory world cup postWorld cup, a bit of a tense game, we just about got there in the end. There are some bad people out there:An internet company which sold fake World Cup tickets to children may have made more than £60,000 in the scam.Nearly 400 schoolchildren from acr... 2006-04-04UTC03:47:48Stab death murderer flees to FolkestoneBBC has this nasty story, about someone stabbing their boss because they couldn't have they day off... it was in Hull, but then he fleed to Folkestone.Saman Sali Karim, 26, of Melville Street in the city admitted killing Mark Conway, 28, at Land Food... 2006-03-31UTC11:33:40TardisodesExtra Doctor Who content according to a press release on Radio Times... will we have to pay for this?In addition to watching 13 new, gripping and exciting adventures - with David Tennant as the Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose - viewers will be given ... 2006-03-27UTC10:11:54Weddingtastic weekenderMight mighty wedding fun at the weekend, but I'm KNACKERED now... Headed back in to London Saturday morning for the wedding of Ralph and Linda at The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (RSA for short), just off The S... 2006-02-22UTC01:12:23What was I going to say?Was busy when I came in this morning so I have forgotten the things I had lined up for today's "entry". Perhaps it was a gripe about the quality of signal from our new sky freesat box - it was far worse than the signal we're getting via the inbuilt f... 2006-01-31UTC11:22:59Oof, a shooting in FolkestoneOnly this week I was playfully mocking friends in Hampshire after reading a story about unsociable neighbours or some such, and now someone's been shot dead on our doorstep, and the gunman is still on the loose.OK, it's not actually on our doorstep, ... 2006-01-23UTC10:10:11Now that's just meanIn the same weekend that the whole nation gets weepy about one (1) dead whale, there's more news about brazillions of grey squirrels being culled.Great weekend of comedy and sort of DIY. Went to the Lanterns comedy night Saturday, and quite literally... 2005-07-25UTC12:08:36Don't shoot!It was raining when I left the house this morning, so I'm wearing a big coat, and it wasn't raining when I got to London, it was quite hot, so now I'm TERRIFIED I'll be shot for dressing suspiciously! What is going on there then? I hope there's more ... 2005-07-12UTC09:10:29Blah blah London blah blahUS troops ordered to avoid London, thanks for that chaps! None are being ordered to avoid Iraq though I don't think. Personally I've been advised to pull my socks up and get right back on the tube, ah well. Travelling is rubbish at the moment, even n... 2005-07-07UTC08:59:26Carnage on the undergroundWell hopefully no actual bloodshed, but there's been chaos on the way in this morning... Got to London Bridge to find it jammed, most of the ticket barriers closed. Eventually got through the barrier as they turned off all down the escalators - I gue... 2005-06-24UTC12:10:16Glastonbury Festival hit by rain"A few unlucky ones just arriving at the site this morning - some unprepared for the rain in flip-flops and shorts - faced the prospect of pitching their tents in the storm"... now what sort of fool would do that? I must put those old pictures online... 2005-03-31UTC10:03:54Christopher Ecclestone quits?So, the Sun says that Christopher Ecclestone has quit Doctor Who, maybe this means he's only going to do the series he's already filmed. WHO will be the next WHO then? I've said it before and I'll say it again, it should be Alan Davies. Gossip sugges... 2005-03-29UTC02:48:09Adam Curry saviour of the universe!!!Hmm, I know who wrote this story. I have stopped listening to all the podcasts I used to subscribe to. Even the Engadget show has lost it's appeal, now it's changed. Interesting to see Adam Curry and Dave Winer disagreeing in that piece, I thought th... 2005-02-17UTC11:07:29You've been framedBBC reports about a burgliar caught on a webcam, and the 11 month sentence he got... have a look at the homeowner Duncan Grisby's site with the original pictures on, in that third one down is the burglar doing that "pretending I'm just rubbing my eye... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/2777/You%27ve+been+framed">Rated 5.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2005-01-19UTC12:58:36Like Sherlock Holmes bumming Watson...Been meaning to write about this for a while, but keep forgetting... VERY exciting TV news, there's to be a new adaptation of Sherlock Holmes, starring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie! Their take on Jeeves and Wooster was one of the best series ever to b...