It’s not easy to survive as an artist. But if there’s one thing harder than making ends meet in the creative professions it’s getting a foot on the ladder in the first place. That process is about to get more difficult still, when IdeasTap, an arts charity supporting young, creative people at the start of […]

Sad world the one where there is not a week without hearing that more public libraries are about to close or have just closed. Yet, of course, this type of news doesn’t appear on TV and doesn’t make the headlines of the papers. The media are far too busy with the buzz around the colour […]

Blind auditions. Over. Battle Round. Over…. The remaining singers must face their biggest test to date. One 90 second song for a place in The Voice 2015 live shows.  Like the coaches, Team Midas pick their own acts, of which 10 now remain. Tonight Sheena, Mitch, Brooklyn, Liss, Karis & Lucy enter the stage. Good […]

He has been dating Miley Cyrus for five months as they are reportedly getting serious.

‘The camouflage was ineffective,’ announced police (Picture: City of Madera Police) We don’t know what went through this man’s head when he decided to paint his face in an apparent effort to get away from the police. What we do know is that he’s not the kind of man you want on your team in a game […]

People in the UK are among the most honest and trustworthy in the world, a new study has revealed. It’s all lies. They’re not. In fact, nearly half of all Britons have admitted lying about their experiences to make them look better in front of randomers. And 15 per cent of our porkies are exposed. But 71 […]

Let’s face it, a video of a newborn duckling is likely to be cute irrespective of whatever it is that they happen to be doing. But this video of a sleepy duckling struggling to stay awake is properly aww-inducing, and his defiant battle not to visit the land of nod is absolutely adorable. Keep those […]

I enjoyed Top Gear. You would think from the reaction I get to this statement from some of my friends that I was voicing support for Islamic State or something. But when my kids were younger it was one of the best family viewing experiences that we had. I will remember it fondly for that […]

Bursting out the fertile Leeds scene, aggressive but classic rock minded noise mongers Super Luxury are a breath (or a blast) of fresh air the UK rock scene. Noise bands in the past have focussed on the darker end of the spectrum. From SWANS pseudo-spiritual explorations to Big Black’s dystopian portraits of suburban life, the […]

Recently it’s seemed as if Saturday night television would never improve, leaving viewers forever destined to look back to a golden age of programming that doubtless only ever existed in their minds. Then ITV goes and surprises everyone by pulling an absolute corker out of the commissioning hat. Thereby resulting in a quite brilliant piece […]

Team Rita and Team Will can now relax in their big red swivel chairs having picked their three acts ready for the live shows. Sunday night and the stress and pressure is now on for Team Ricky and Team Sir Tom. Like the coaches, Team Midas will pick their own acts and last night Sheena, […]

Well it has been a dramatic week in the world of hypnosis and hypnotherapy. The launch of ITV’s new game show ‘Back in the Room’ where a hypnotist supposedly hypnotises game show contestants, has created outrage from the hypnotherapy profession. In fact at one point last week I felt as though I was listening to […]

As Jeremy Clarkson’s future at Top Gear continues to hang in the balance, two former Stigs have weighed in over whether the show can survive without the controversial presenter. Clarkson has been suspended after a “fracas” with Oisin Tymon, which allegedly saw the producer punched in the face in a row over catering. Perry McCarthy, […]