Johnnie Moore's Weblog (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
A few conversations lately have reminded me of this ad from my bygone days. Jimmy Saville pitches the joys of business travel on trains. He talks about how you'll be in an excitingly different world where you be businesslike , and of course he's ditched his signature tracksuit for a straitjacketlike three-piece. It's sometimes tempting to maintain a pose of being businesslike, fitting...
DVD Times (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
As the BFI’s two-disc sets compiling the best of the British Transport Films’ output edge ever closer towards their conclusion (volume nine, due in December, is to be the last) the content has become necessarily more obscure. The previous volume took in, primarily, the Unit’s 1970s productions thus encompassing made-for-schools educational programming and appearances from Peter Purves and Jimmy...
Birmingham: It's Not Shit Blog (Free subscription) | 25/10/2008
... on Dave, bluetooth headset, and twitterfone should be easy. While I doubt they’ll have empoyed Jimmy Saville, Central’s website is prommising live coverage . In related running news, entries are now open for the 2008 Pantomime Horse Grand National [pdf] ( BiNS won in 2006 ). Due to our poor show last year, we’ll be looking for new runners — get in touch if you have legs like Shergar....
