Alex’s End of Year Prizes 2017: The Nominations (Plus – find out how you can vote for the Reader’s Choice!)

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It's with great excitement 'pon de blog today, that I can announce the return of my End of Year Prizes for 2017 this Boxing Day! For those readers not familiar with this, it's my annual prize giving I do during the Christmas holidays, usually as my last blog of the year, to honour those that … Continue reading Alex’s End of Year Prizes 2017: The Nominations (Plus – find out how you can vote for the Reader’s Choice!)

Christmas Song Advent Calendar 2017: Day 5

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ARTIST: Spice Girls SONG: Christmas Wrapping ALBUM: Goodbye (1998, Virgin) I mean. The Waitresses' original version was amazing anyway, but this Spice-y version - the B-side to their third Christmas chart topper in a row with 'Goodbye' - is equally brilliant. It even finds time to name check their world tour and assorted pregnancies from … Continue reading Christmas Song Advent Calendar 2017: Day 5

#StrictlyLiveBlogging Week 12: Musicals Week Results

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Welcome back to the second showing of Musicals Week for this weekend's #StrictlyLiveBlogging, our weekly live blog of the BBC's hit celebrity ballroom series Strictly Come Dancing. With 24 hours gone since the six remaining celebrities and their professional partners treaded the boards with their musical inspired routines, the penultimate dance off of this series … Continue reading #StrictlyLiveBlogging Week 12: Musicals Week Results

#StrictlyLiveBlogging Week 12: Musicals Week

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It's Saturday, and that can only mean one thing...time once again for #StrictlyLiveBlogging. Our weekly live blog of the BBC's hit celebrity dance series BBC Strictly Come Dancing, bringing you all the highs and lows of another weekend on the dancefloor. And as the final draws ever nearer, this week it's time for Musicals Week. … Continue reading #StrictlyLiveBlogging Week 12: Musicals Week

Christmas Song Advent Calendar 2017: Day 1

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ARTIST: Michael Bublé SONG: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas ALBUM: Christmas (2011, Reprise) Because well...it really is now isn't it? A bit of the king of Christmas music for the 21st century to start this year's calendar! https://youtu.be/bYnqRzJTOYs Don't forget to follow our Spotify playlist to ensure you're getting all the songs … Continue reading Christmas Song Advent Calendar 2017: Day 1

#CrazyStupidBook: Giovanna Fletcher – ‘Some Kind of Wonderful’

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It's been a heck of a year for Giovanna Fletcher - and indeed, since we last reviewed a new book of hers. Not content with topping the bestsellers list in February with Happy Mum, Happy Baby, her frank, moving but funny account of her experiences of motherhood to date, she's trekked across Oman for the … Continue reading #CrazyStupidBook: Giovanna Fletcher – ‘Some Kind of Wonderful’