News Justin

Posted by Jamie on October 30, 2007 9:12 AM

Justin Moorhouse: Who's the Daddy
Southport Arts Centre
Friday, October 26

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Sunday is Run Day

Posted by Jamie on October 22, 2007 8:41 AM

Hundreds of people put aside the sporting upset of Saturday night to show up in Victoria Park yesterday morning (Sunday) for the Southport Visiter Charity Fun Run and the 10k organised by Natterjack Running Centre on Eastbank Street.

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Good Sportsmanship is Oval Shaped

Posted by Jamie on October 22, 2007 8:38 AM

Well, it was by no means the 36-0 drubbing of five weeks previously, so Jonny and the boys can hold their collective heads up high as their winged chariot carries them back across the channel.

I do have a sneaky suspicion that the video ref who took an eternity to disallow the English try had a bet on the Springboks though...

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England Expects (Again)

Posted by Jamie on October 18, 2007 5:11 PM

LESS than two weeks ago, a French pal of mine gleefully bounded across a crowded dancefloor to tell me the result of his homeland's Rugby World Cup quarter final, and that my compatriots would be playing his in the semi. It was obvious what he thought the result would be.

I texted him after Saturday's game, and strangely enough, I'm still awaiting a reply.

Let's hope the footballing England's result in Moscow isn't mirrored at the Stade De France this weekend.

Mr Wilkinson, your nation needs you. And especially your rather good kicking foot.

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The Short and the Long of It

Posted by Jamie on October 11, 2007 4:13 PM

Last week, I joined the audience of the third Sefton Short Film Festival at the Plaza cinema in Waterloo.

Twenty-two films were in competition, ranging from the bleak to the cheeky, the unusual and the odd.

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Too Good For the Kids!

Posted by Jamie on October 9, 2007 1:59 PM

There are two famous women I have always wanted to interview. One is Joan Rivers, the other is Liverpool actress Elisabeth Sladen, who is enjoying a career renaissance on the back of the revived Doctor Who franchise.

The lady whose age I am too much of a gentleman to reveal (and you wouldn't believe me anyway) now stars in The Sarah Jane Adventures on Children's BBC every Monday afternoon at 5pm.

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Brum Bang a Bang

Posted by Jamie on October 7, 2007 1:40 PM

As one of the very first Spare Times entries suggests, I've always had a soft spot for the Eurovision Song Contest.

And when I say 'soft spot', I don't mean I think of it as a pile of musical syrup which we should all point at and laugh every year. I genuinely believe there are some bona fide decent pop tunes among the entries.

Don't worry. I know I'm mostly alone in that notion.

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Vyle Trial

Posted by Jamie on October 4, 2007 12:43 PM

One of the high spots of this ever speedier technological revolution is the chance to call up programmes we missed first time round without worrying about mis-setting the video.

This latest tellybox wonder allowed to me to catch up with the two new shows which prop up BBC2's brand new Thursday night line-up, The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle and The Peter Serafinowicz Show.

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