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Janice

What could be better than a Scorpion, Renfield?

About Me

Growing old (dis)gracefully! ;-)
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My Interests

Music, travel, computers, watching motorsports (F1, GP2, WRC, MotoGP).

I'd like to meet:

Kimi Raikkonen.

Music:

Barclay James Harvest featuring Les Holroyd; Vic Emerson; Sad Café; Alan Parsons Project; James Blunt; Green Day; Kaiser Chiefs; Jeff Healey; Jethro Tull; Slade; Queen/Freddie Mercury; Mick Karn; Corey Hart; Jean-Patrick Capdevielle; All About Eve; The Mission; Marc Bolan/T Rex; Camel; Darts.

Movies:

Dead of Night; most Pete Walker films; Deep Red; 60s/70s Brit horror films (Hammer/Amicus/Tigon); Love at First Bite; French cinema, eg Les Diaboliques; Les Visiteurs; 8 Femmes; Salut Cousin; anything with Louis de Funès.

Television:

Detective-type stuff (Morse, Poirot, Lynley, etc); The Sweeney; CSI; Time Team; Blackadder; The IT Crowd; Father Ted; Offside (irreverent Scottish football show!)

Books:

Agatha Christie; Terry Pratchett; Dorothy L Sayers; P D James; true crime; any travel books.

Heroes:

Murray Walker.

My Blog

Waiter - A Large Brandy, Please!

Ooer Missus, that was some race. If Monaco was a souless piece of corporate promotion, this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix more than made up for it. Where do you start?  Perhaps with Lewis Hamilto...
Posted by Janice on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 12:46:00 PST

Monaco Grand Prix

OK now, we're all going to sing.  Altogether now, to the tune of "Oh Mr Porter".... "Oh Mr Dennis, what shall we do?The people went to Monaco, all supporting Lew,You wouldn't let him race, even ...
Posted by Janice on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 02:46:00 PST

Come Fly With Me

Tis said that travel broadens the mind (and empties the bank account). Of course, you can always do it on the cheap.  I once travelled from Scotland to Nice on a bus.  Well, two buses and a ...
Posted by Janice on Sun, 27 May 2007 08:55:00 PST

Aaaargh! Zombies!!!!

Nahh, just kidding.  But now that I've got your attention......    ......you are cordially invited to cast your eye over my latest bloggy thing. I hadn't started out with the...
Posted by Janice on Sun, 13 May 2007 09:30:00 PST

Return of the Barclays

It's been a busy old time lately, which means that I've neglected internet stuff somewhat over the past few weeks. As a result, I'm only now getting around to writing about recent gigs by that very fi...
Posted by Janice on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 07:35:00 PST

....And Welcome Back, Mika!

Well, wouldn't you know it? I go and switch my loyalties from McLaren to Ferrari and what happens? Mika Hakkinen gets back in a Mac!!  Only for a one-off test, admittedly, but nevertheless, it'...
Posted by Janice on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 06:57:00 PST

Bye-Bye Schumi....

Can't claim to be the biggest Schumacher fan in the world...but it was hard not to get caught up in all the hype surrounding today's Brazilian Grand Prix and the great man's retirement from F1. There ...
Posted by Janice on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 04:07:00 PST

OMG, I've Joined the Tifosi!

So the Kimster's off to Ferrari, then. Guess I'd better go and buy myself a red shirt with a wee horse on it.  I need a new one anyway (an F1 shirt that is, not a horse!)  My Team McLaren sh...
Posted by Janice on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 07:11:00 PST

Blood, Sweat and Tours

BJH featuring Les Holroyd are a hard-working bunch....not content with sitting back and resting after their recent summer tour, the lads are busy planning more lovely, live shows for us. I really enjo...
Posted by Janice on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 07:02:00 PST

Barclay James Harvest featuring Les Holroyd - They Rock!

Right then, it's time I made the effort to do one of these blog thingys. I suppose I could write about loads of stuff, like whether or not Michael Schumacher's going to retire after this season, or ma...
Posted by Janice on Sat, 26 Aug 2006 06:07:00 PST