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Gym Dic(k)tator

Iron rules for Simmo’s Swoletopia Anyone who has used a public gym regularly has daydreamed about being in charge of one. At least for an hour. Not so much paying the bills and checking the toilets, as laying down the law. A strongman, a shredded Caesar, running the muscle factory… Read More »Gym Dic(k)tator

Puppetry Without Penis

Arching a bitchy eyebrow at Anglo K-pop TV experiment Made in Korea Back in 1994, the year of the metrosexual’s birth, and the height of boybandery, my agent sent the BBC (and, I think, ITV) my proposal for a series exploring whether a boyband could be manufactured from scratch, with the working… Read More »Puppetry Without Penis

Randall & Hopkirk (Redux)

Remembering Kenneth Cope’s immaculate ‘Marty’ Mr Hopkirk – aka Kenneth Cope – is, sadly, deceased. Again. Though this time at the ripe old age of 93, instead of cut-off-in-his-prime. As a kid I loved the 1969 ITC produced UK detective show he is best known for, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), about two private… Read More »Randall & Hopkirk (Redux)

Stranger Danger

Dwelling upon the day-dreamy romance movie ‘All of Us Strangers’ I finally found it within myself to overlook all the rave reviews and watch All of Us Strangers. It was free on Disney +, I had a bad cold, and was bored. And maybe feeling a bit sorry for myself.  Andrew… Read More »Stranger Danger

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