Few could have predicted what a live draw it would become when the podcast No Such Thing as a Fish launched five years ago. A spin-off from the BBC panel game quiz QI, featuring the show’s researchers impressing each other with surplus facts that couldn’t be crammed into the television programme, it is about to…
It was eight years ago today that the creator of one of the most iconic songs of a generation, Gerry Rafferty, passed away after a long battle with liver disease at the age of 63. An incredibly distinctive piece of work, there’s no doubting it’s Baker Street blasting from the radio from the moment the…
It was 90 years ago today that the man who put spaghetti into westerns was born. Italian film director, producer and screenwriter Sergio Leone was one of the most iconic movie-makers of his generation and the man who made actor Clint Eastwood a superstar. Born in Rome on 3 January 1929, Leone was the son…
The start of the new year is always a quiet time around the coast of Britain so the Butlin’s resort at Skegness in Lincolnshire is livening things up with its Great British Rock and Blues Festival. The festival runs from 18-21 January and features some of the biggest and best stars of the rock and…
It’s not long into the new year before the festivals kick-off again and next weekend there’s the Rockaway Beach Festival to look forward to at the Butlin’s resort in Bognor Regis, West Sussex. Now in its fourth installment the festival takes place from 11-13 January 2019 and features Gary Numan, Maximo Park, Barry Adamson, Laetitia…
Yesterday marked the 70th anniversary of the death of one of Britain’s greatest racing pioneers, Sir Malcolm Campbell. Born in Chislehurst, Kent, Campbell passed away on 31 December 1948 at the age of 63, having held the world speed records on land and on water at various times during the 1920s and 1930s, a feat…
The Tinseltown rumour mill is rife with stories about Warner Bros’ upcoming Batman movie starting production later this year, with the Penguin being heavily touted as the main villain of director Matt Reeves’ upcoming movie. But, who knows? Perhaps The Joker will return as the Caped Crusader’s nemesis in the one-off production… after all it…
The 2018 World Cup in Russia was a marvelous festival of football won by a wonderful team from France but in 48 years’ time how many of that great side will be remembered in the way the iconic Brazilian team that lifted the trophy in 1970 is. Carlos Alberto captained Brazil to glory in 1970…
He was renowned as being boxing’s only eight-division world champion when he retired in 2016 after beating Timothy Bradley at the MGM Grand to reclaim his WBO welterweight crown, but when you’ve won 58 fights it must be hard not to go for 60… which could explain why Philippines legend Manny Pacquiao returned to the…
The first of the great sporting institutions of the year, the Australian Open tennis championships celebrate their 114th anniversary in 2019… with prize money at Melbourne Park up 10 per cent on 2018 to A$60.5 million and a brand new ‘player pod’, part of ongoing redevelopment work that offers players the best training and treatment…
