

FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: CAN’T GET WHAT OUT OF OUR HEADS?
Perhaps the most fascinating slice of television programming I have encountered in some time is the six-part BBC documentary series from...
Feb 19, 2021


FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: THE WEATHER FORECAST
Traditionally we British are obsessed by the weather and right now it’s pretty cold out there. Not full-on Arctic cold maybe but quite...
Feb 12, 2021


FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: TAKES YOU BACK
Who remembers Keith West? He was the good looking lead singer with Tomorrow, a 60s psychedelic band which also mustered Yes guitar...
Feb 5, 2021


FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: WELL-A WELL-A WELL-A HUH
Tell me more, tell me more. Did you work out the song? The novelty single has never really gone away. Years ago, it was propagated mostly...
Jan 29, 2021


FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: MATHS OR MYSTICS?
I wonder; do you wait for a bus in lockdown and they still arrive in twos or threes? I expect not as there are reduced services and with...
Jan 22, 2021


FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: FISH ‘N’ TIPS
This strange looking tips jar reminds me of a goldfish bowl, a receptacle singularly unfit for purpose when it comes to providing an...
Jan 15, 2021


FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: RESOLUTIONS, RESOLUTIONS
A new year traditionally brings opportunities to start afresh; to make resolutions but then generally fail to see them through. A straw...
Jan 8, 2021


FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: 2020 IN ALBUMS
Rather inconveniently, today is the first day of a new year rather than the last day of the old one. It might have been neater to do some...
Jan 1, 2021


FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: DUSTING OFF 10 ALTERNATIVE CHRISTMAS SONGS
Christmas being Christmas, you can be forgiven for making the odd list. Cards, presents, food & drink, films to catch on TV, memorable...
Dec 25, 2020


FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: NOT THE BEST OF
This month I have been mostly reading ‘Best of’ lists. I find myself drawn to them, however I try to turn the printed page quickly or...
Dec 18, 2020


FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: IN SEARCH OF THE LOST CHORD
So, it is just 14 days to Christmas Day. Today I find myself pushed for time and in search, if not of the lost chord, then of a theme (2...
Dec 11, 2020


FIFTY3 FRIDAYS: WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS?
Trundling around Sainsbury’s this morning I was once more struck that all the great Christmas songs are the old ones. That’s not the same...
Dec 4, 2020