NEVER mind Downton Abbey (ITV1, Sunday), if you want to slump in front of the idiot box for some gentle and undemanding viewing, it’s got to be Doc Martin (ITV1, Monday) every time.Read
TIME was, not all that long ago, when The Wombats spent every night on stage. But after burning themselves out with non-stop touring and recording, they’ve had a bit of a break, and now it seems they aren’t sure what to make of it.Read
SITTING in his Portuguese home, surrounded by 16 acres of vineyard, Sir Cliff Richard has it made. The farmland in the mid-Algarve town of Guia, is, when he’s not “wintering” in his Barbados residence, where the Peter Pan Of Pop spends most of his time.Read
IT was the year that saw the birth of Private Eye, Songs of Praise and the Jaguar E-Type and the death of Ernest Hemingway and Sir Thomas Beecham. Kennedy moved into the White House, the Beatles played their first gig at the Cavern, Runcorn bridge was opened and A Taste of Honey was released.Read
IT IS 15 years since DJ Shadow released his groundbreaking album Endtroducing. A huge critical success, it became a must-have album and even made it into the Guinness Book of Records as the first album ever to be made entirely of samples.Read
FILM versions of Dumas’s classic tale of 17th century swordplay and derring-do abound, from the silent movies of a century ago through the 1970s roistering of Oliver Reed and co to the tongue-in-cheek Charlie Sheen and Oliver Platt version of 1993.Read
HEAR the opening twangs of Kenny Loggins’ hit and those of a certain age are transported right back to 1984 and Kevin Bacon’s toe-tapping teen rebel Ren McCormack who arrives in a town where dancing is banned.Read
THE last time Bill Bailey appeared in Liverpool it was at the head of the RLPO on his Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra tour. And it turns out the comedian did think them remarkable too.Read