Interview with WWE’s Paige

Interviewed WWE Diva Paige the day after she made her debut on WWE Raw for The Independent. Full article can be found by clicking here    

R.I.P Ultimate Warrior

When I was a child I didn’t have many heroes. I liked football but I didn’t love it. I loved reading and writing but I was yet to discover the true greats of the craft. Everything was just okay, I found it hard to feel passionate about anything. British Bulldog, conkers, drama, they were all … Continue reading →

Interview with WWE’s Fandango

Interviewed WWE Superstar Fandango for The Independent newspaper, the full version of which can be read by clicking here. For people who aren’t fans of reading and prefer to listen instead, here’s an audio version of the interview:  

2013 in sport: My six favourite moments of the year

2012 was a bumper year for sport, with Olympic Games, European Championships and Ryder Cup’s galore. At the end of last year, I wrote about my five favourite sporting moments of the year which you can access by clicking here. With 2013 lacking the marquee events of the year before, I was wary at the … Continue reading →

#1 – Merry Christmas Everyone by Shakin’ Stevens

And so here we are. Just under a month of blogs, and this is it, the 26th entry in my Christmas countdown. We’ve fed the world, stayed another day, and we haven’t let the bells down in our quest for festive chart glory, and we end here, the number one position filled with so much … Continue reading →

#2 – The Top Ten Christmas Number Two Singles Ever

I’ve long thought that finishing second is the worst place to be. You win, you’re a hero. If you come third, you can chill on the podium, cigarette in hand laughing at your luck. Even if you come last you can still turn into an Eddie The Eagle like hero, dining out for years on … Continue reading →

#3 – Do They Know It’s Christmas by Band Aid

Currently writing this entry while completely engrossed watching a match of darts on the TV. Darts is possibly the ultimate spectator sport, with the agony and ecstasy of the entire human existence is perfectly shown by two middle aged blokes throwing sticks against a big circle. In a way Christmas is like that too. It … Continue reading →

#4 – Stay Another Day by East 17

I was taking part in a music based pub quiz a couple of months ago, when my whole perception of the past changed. Amidst the usual quiz questions involving guessing songs based on opening lines, and lookalikes, there was one particular wringer which caused our entire table in unison to raise brows in quizzical disbelief. … Continue reading →

#5 – Lonely This Christmas by Mud

Despite being of the biggest stars in the world for nearly twenty years, Elvis Presley only achieved one Christmas number one, with Return To Sender in 1962. By 1974 Presley was on the downward stretch of his career, with peanut butter sandwiches and pills replacing the quiff and splendor of his youth. This decline was … Continue reading →

#6 – Killing In The Name by Rage Against The Machine

By 2009 the Christmas number one had become stale, with four successive years of X Factor winners reaching the top spot by Christmas day. Shayne Ward, Leona Lewis, Leon Jackson and Alexandra Burke had all had festive cheers, leaving many Brits who were not fans of the show staring forlornly into their stuffing when Winter … Continue reading →