Author: Rick Johansen

“May government….” In between doing far more important stuff today, I sat through the Queen’s speech. If politicians were honest – some hope! – it would have been introduced as follows:...

I had half an eye and less than half an ear on the Wales v Croatia Euro qualifier on Sky last night. Wales, thanks to the fading but just about enduring brilliance of Gareth Bale, seemed to more than deserve their draw against a...

“Looking Good…” When I have too much time on my hands, I find myself railing against some of the tosh I see on social networks. I have long been a grouch when it comes to selfies. Selfies are usually either...

Another day, another funeral, this time that of a beautiful, seemingly indestructible woman, a sad reminder that none of us gets out of here alive. Yet this funeral, under slate grey skies in often torrential rain, was bright,...

As the unfortunately disgraced pop star Gary Glitter once put it, hello, hello, it’s good to be back. So it is, as Corrie character Jim McDonald would have said. Yes, it’s time for the Friday Music Shuffle in which I...