Last Sunday the New England Patriots beat the Los Angeles Rams 13-3 to win the Superbowl. The win was masterminded by one of the most successful sporting combinations of all time – Bill Belichick (Head Coach) and Tom Brady (Quarterback). The pair have been together for 18 years. During this time the Patriots have appeared […]
What was your TV moment of 2018? For many people it came in a one off evening edition of Good Morning Britain in June when Danny Dyer summed up his view on Brexit. Dyer was being interviewed by Piers Morgan. Also there were Jeremy Corbyn and…er, Pamela Anderson. Dyer had the following to say: “Who […]
Many of you will have made New Year resolutions at the start of January. Many of you have already failed…you know who you are. There are a number of reasons why New Year resolutions fail. One of the key ones is that we are good at setting a goal. But we are not good at […]
How many of you have heard of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi? Either way, how many of you can get close to pronouncing his name? He is a psychologist and is best known for a concept called “flow”. He says that people are happiest when they are in a state of flow – a state of concentration or […]
The 2018 Word of the Year is ‘single-use’ (according to Collins Dictionary). It refers to a product that is, “made to be used once only” and it is primarily used in association with plastic. The word has apparently seen a fourfold increase in usage since 2013. ‘Single-use’ beat words such as ‘floss’ (the dance move […]
How many of you have seen the Roy Keane death stare? People who played football with, or for, him probably have. People who have appeared as a pundit with him on ITV probably have. Peter Crouch, when he pulled up at a set of traffic lights in Manchester, definitely has. This is the story Crouch […]
So, last week we had the official start of Christmas – John Lewis unveiled their Christmas ad. You have probably seen or heard about it by now. But, just in case you haven’t, here is a quick summary. It features Elton John. The soundtrack is “Your Song”. It shows scenes from Elton’s life and career. […]
In the Mexico Grand Prix last month, Sebastian Vettel recorded the fastest pit stop of the Formula 1 season. It lasted 2.15 seconds. That means the car came to a halt, completed the pit stop and was off again, in the time it has taken you to read this sentence. This is even more amazing […]
On 1st May 2011 President Obama made a live television address to the US nation. He announced the death of Osama Bin Laden. The operation took minutes to complete, but had been months in the planning. It started in August 2010 when a call to a trusted courier of Bin Laden was intercepted. It was […]
How many of you have watched ‘The Truman Show’? The film starred Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank. Truman was the star of the Truman Show, a reality TV programme broadcast around the clock. Truman lived in the fictional seaside town of Seahaven Island. The town was a Hollywood set within a giant dome equipped with […]