Blog New World
Blog New World So the Chinese reckon they invented golf do they? Every so often they claim to have invented something 2000 years before the rest of us: This week it’s golf, last time it was football, then compass n...
Author Archives: Nicholas Hughes
Blog Jammin’
BLOG JAMMIN’ I have a confession to make, Rhubba fans…I have a weakness for a French radio station. I first discovered Nostalgie when on honeymoon in France last October and it is a station dedicated to the h...
Tea With Mr Pomphrey
How do you take it?
Taking the…
One room. One challenge. One winner. Two contestants. Multiple explanations. Written and directed by Kevin Chapman
PATRICK MOWER
PATRICK MOWER By DANIEL OLIVER 1973: a decisive time in the men’s fragrance market. Bass noted musk, the disposable cartridge safety razor, soap-on-a-rope. There is everything to play for. But one man alone holds t...
The Men Who Would Be Bond
By NICHOLAS HUGHES “To look for a new James Bond is one of the most impossible jobs in the entire world”. These are the words of Debbie McWilliams, the head casting agent for the Bond movies. It has always been thus. The...
100,000 Years BC
Ah, truly humanity’s salad days. Ug: Stuart Packer Wo-man: Penelope Dudley Engineer: Stefan Inglis at Antenna Studios
Gynaecologist
It’s about….”womens’ things” Doctor: Rebecca Wingate Miss Ford: Laura Waddell Engineer: Stefan Inglis at Antenna Studios
Blog Beauty
Women, eh? Women, eh? What do you do about them? What doooooooooo you do about them? Wifey is on at me these days about my hand gestures. What’s that about? Apparently, she objects to me doing “camp handsR...
Blog’s Your Uncle
Ugh, still got a cold but at least I’m not claiming it’s flu, unlike 90% of men in my position. Anyway, last night I took some flu capsules (what? What? You can still take flu capsules even with a cold, you k...