Flaming Nora

I've been writing Coronation Street weekly updates since 1995 and this week's Coronation Street update has just gone live here This week the man from UNCLE joined Coronation Street.

To the Tyne Theatre last night in Newcastle to see Madness front man Suggs talk and sing his way through his life in Suggs, My Life Story In Words & Music. It's the first time I've ever been to an autobiographical show like this, and I guess Suggs is telling his life story his way while many famous people write it down in a book. It was a great night, an intimate show, highly recommended. You can read a review of his show at York online here . And the official Suggs tour website is here.

This week I upgraded my web email to BT internet's new shiny version. It's the same as the old shiny version but it comes with extra ads. Annoying ads. Video ads. Ads that distract from the fun and business of email.  Ads that are fully targetted to my age group and gender. This now means I'm being force-fed adverts for menopause treatments (not yet, dearies, not yet), available hunks in my area (my area? have you seen the blokes round here?) and worse of all, adverts from isme.com.  Isme.com, for those who don't know, is an online women's clothes supplier for women of a certain age. Women suffering from menopause symptoms and in need of the services of a hunk in their local area. I am none of those things. And I most certainly not in in need of new clothes from isme.com being advertised by isme.com poster girl Lynda Bellingham.  So, isme.com, this isn't me: No, no, no. As I head towards my 50th birthday (in, er,...

I've been writing Coronation Street weekly updates since 1995 and this week's Coronation Street update has just gone live here This week Becky McDonald left Coronation Street.

This baby monkey, er, thing, was advertised in a magazine I bought today.  I don't know what the most disturbing aspect about it is.  Is it: 1. That the magazine clearly thinks women my age are the target audience to go gaga over a piece of monkey-shaped plastic dressed up like a baby. 2. That someone, somewhere, sits and makes these things. 3. That someone, somewhere, buys them. And yes, sadly, there are more .

I've been writing Coronation Street weekly updates since 1995 and this week's Coronation Street update has just gone live here This week Owen hit a kid for killing his fish. Only in soapland, eh?

I've been writing Coronation Street weekly updates since 1995 and this week's Coronation Street update has just gone live here This week Eileen was fed up, again. Please vote for my Coronation Street Blog in The Shorty Awards