When my children were small, around 7 0r 8 they wanted to have an early birthday party on Halloween. Back then Halloween wasn’t anywhere near as popular as it is now. You could barely find anything other than Pumpkins and Toffee Apples in the shops. You didn’t have the costumes, props or accessories that…

As many of you know I love a good musical. Old, New, Classical, Avant Garde, Historical or Factual, I really don’t care. I love them all! Doris Day, Howard Keel, Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Julie Andrews and even Yul Brynner. I bloody love them all. I used to watch the old musicals with my…

The Internet has been running wild recently with plus size drama and opinions, mainly over the Simply Be advertising Debacle. If you didn’t see my thoughts, then you can catch up here. For too many years there has not been enough diversity in plus size models; all the major brands use a standard size…

As readers may know, I am a MAHOOSIVE Prince fan and have been for over 35 years.  I loved all of his music, films, concert footage and have some very rare CDS and vinyl in my collection. My wildest dreams came true when I saw him perform in Birmingham in May 2015. It was…

A few years ago I was given two tickets to see a performance called Vampires Rock at a local theatre. A colleague had been going, but due to ill health asked if I could use the tickets. The premise of the story was a rock love story that was being performed by a live…