Scared me too as a kid. Now I just think: 'rhubarb, yum.'

She wore a bright yellow beret

The Prince 100 Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson counts down his top Prince songs.

choices were made.

Directly across the road from my parents' old house - The Haven.

When my folks moved to Kingsand / Cawsand thirty-odd years ago, there used to be SEVEN. Still, sitting outside the Devonport on a summer's day is a glorious experience.

Cry for help is an absolute banger. Gotta love a gospel choir.

My dad's former local. I've spent many happy hours at the Half Way.

'In your satin tights / Fighting for your rights / And the old red, white and blue...'

PEAK theme tune lyrics.

“Most artists are concerned about how long they’ll be around. I’m concerned about how long my music will be around.”
- Prince

On this day 2016, Prince passed at 57. It's been a decade since the end of The Purple Reign. Stunning musician, Rock, R&B, Pop & Funk legend, beyond brilliant guitarist.

‘People still remember it 40 years later’: the making of Chuckie Egg The iconic game that came to define 8-bit programming still conjures flutters of nostalgia 40 years on – all thanks to a 15-year-old tea boy who worked a Saturday shift in a computer shop in Greater M...

Hi I wrote about the making of classic platformerChuckie Egg and talked to its creator Nigel Alderton. Please give it a read as I want to show there’s an audience for this gaming history stuff 🙏

www.theguardian.com/games/2026/a...

ha! (no).

Banned in apartheid South Africa as they thought it was about drugs. It's not. It's about polution and environmental degradation.

How many times do they have to be told? BBC Four is no place for sport!

At this precise moment BBC2 and C5 have different documentaries on, with precisely the same name.

Four years ago today, according to Facefook. Still one of my proudest moments #totp

Idiots!

The chick off Major League saying “I hate this fucking song”.

Me, whenever I hear this STUPID Crash Test Dummies song. #TOTP

I want Prince's glittery hoody #totp #nottotp

Controversial view, there.

Oh, she became PM in 1979, as any fule kno.

She announced her resignation on 22nd Nov 1990 - 27 years after the assassination of JFK.

Have you noticed so many C5 docs have different titles on the interstitial cards compared to what is on the EPG?

I was trying to link Bill and Prince and the only connection I could think of was funk. Oddie - of course - performed the Funky Gibbon.

The only one I recognised was...

Bill Oddie!

I had VIP box tix. When I was in the VIP holding area looked around to spot the VIPs...

I am so glad I saw Prince live - when he did the O2 residency in 2007. One of the most amazing gigs I've ever been to...

PET SHOP BOYS TOP 40 B-SIDES It’s a Top 40 of Pet Shop Boys B-sides and extra tracks that I did in 2024 for Classic Pop.

I did a Top 40 of the Pet Shop Boys' B-sides and extra tracks a couple of years ago and so here you go

Rats with good PR.

I always thought Qadaffi looked like Fatima Whitbread.

'If only I knew' is an absolute banger.