Deb’s Digest

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Saturday was manic. We had tickets for a matinee performance of Twelfth Night at Stratford. Only when I booked last year I hadn’t realised that this was the first day of half term. The roads were packed and so were the motorway cafes (if I was looking for a new business opportunity I would rent a [...]

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We saw Michael McIntyre at the MEN last week. I don’t understand why comedians who are really hilarious without blue humour have to resort to swearing and crudity as soon as the television cameras aren’t on them. By far the funniest bits of his show (and the rest of the 14,000-strong audience thought so too) [...]

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The London son is in New York for a few days and then will be home for a while before starting his new job as a supply chain consultant. They gave him a good send-off at L’Oreal and I think he’s a bit relieved that all the “because you’re worth it” jibes are at an [...]

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Well, well. If at first you don’t succeed…… A couple of weeks ago I sent a letter to the Times regarding train-speak. It wasn’t used. So on Saturday I reworded it slightly and sent it in again. Not only did it get my favourite bottom-right position yesterday but it was read out by Sarah Kennedy on [...]

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Oscar has perfected “No” and accompanies it with a shake of his curls. He put it to good use last week after his weigh-in at the clinic when the nurse attempted to pull his trousers up. He even managed to up the “no” a few decibels when she ignored him.

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Last year we saw I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue at the Lowry just a few weeks before Humphry Lyttleton died. Last week we saw Jack Dee in the chairman’s role at the Southport Theatre. His deadpan wit fitted in well and he’s a great choice – he’s not Humph – and the evening wasn’t [...]

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We went to the Lowry the other day to see what was billed as a comedy. “Entertaining Angels” starring Penelope Keith. The scenery was fantastic and so was the acting but as for comedy… there were a few genuinely amusing lines, but as the play progressed they became almost non-existent due to an overload of pathos.  Penelope Keith [...]

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My husband found a bargain online when we were looking for new phones. Yesterday he discovered why they were “a bargain”. At 4am I was rudely awoken by him leaping out of bed shouting “what the hell’s going on?” As he opened the bedroom door I could hear a female voice booming in the hall. “your call [...]

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I have never, ever seen as many geese flying over as there are this year. It’s magical – the noise and the huge V shapes…… I like autumn.

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