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Remembering the first tabloid strip queen
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 01/02/2015
» Following last week’s column concerning premature reports of the demise of The Sun’s Page 3 girls, it seems only fair to point out the noble deeds of an ageless beauty who appeared in a rival tabloid in a different era.
Start walking backwards for Christmas
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 21/12/2014
» The news has been so depressing lately, everybody deserves a break for the festive season.
Oh! Mr Porter, what should this lady do?
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 09/11/2014
» Following on from last week's tales of unfortunate tourists arriving at the wrong destination, a reader suggested an old music hall ditty, Oh! Mr Porter, by the great Marie Lloyd, also fitted the bill. The song tells the tale of a young woman who gets on the wrong train at London. The chorus goes as follows:
As Sinatra would put it, 'doo-be-doo-be-doo'
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 19/10/2014
» Following last week's column concerning singers who hated their biggest hits, several readers rightly pointed out a major omission was that of 'Ol' Blue Eyes' himself, Frank Sinatra, and Strangers in the Night.
A stairway that doesn't go to heaven
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 12/10/2014
» A few months ago PostScript carried an item about English singer Lita Rosa, who in the mid-1950s enjoyed considerable success with her cover version of How Much is That Doggie in the Window?
What do you call someone from 'Auld Reekie'?
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 28/09/2014
» Following the Scottish referendum, PostScript received an inquiry from a Thai reader asking what you call a person from Edinburgh. I admit that it had me stumped. A Scottish friend thought it might be Edinburgher, but being a Glaswegian he was more familiar with less polite terms. He was probably right with Edinburgher, although it does sounds a little bit like something you get in McDonald's.
Did you hear the one about the fat badger?
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 24/08/2014
» The news has been so depressing this week we are desperately in need of some light relief. What better than to check out the jokes which were voted the funniest at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe which concludes this weekend in Scotland.
Hello Dolly ... back where you belong
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 06/07/2014
» It was good to see Dolly Parton receive such an enthusiastic reception from the 150,000-strong crowd at the muddy Glastonbury festival last weekend. I am not a huge fan of country music, but have always appreciated Dolly as an entertainer and songwriter. I much preferred her own low-key version of I Will Always Love You, which she wrote, to Whitney Houston’s massive hit.
Happiness is … not a 5am kick-off time
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 15/06/2014
» Well, the generals have definitely displayed some nimble footwork in ensuring that the masses don’t miss out on the Happiest World Cup in Brazil.
The lady who jumped in at the deep end
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 11/05/2014
» It was almost three years ago the headline for this column read: "There could be a lady waiting in the wings." It marked the first indication, however unlikely it seemed at the time, that Yingluck Shinawatra could possibly become the next prime minister, which for Thailand was stepping into unknown territory.