Take the Race Test

My friend Pat is a stand-up comedian and he definitely doesn’t do racist material. Last Saturday at the DFC dinner, Pat was appearing with John who is Burmese. Much of John’s act is self-deprecating humour which makes gentle fun at his own expense of being oriental. John said to Pat to make the comment “There’s [...]

Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home

This song has particular memories of a holiday we took in Ireland in 1998. The DJ/Broadcaster Gerry Anderson on BBC Radio Foyle (a Londonderry based station) was our listening choice whilst driving around the sights, like the Giant’s Causeway and Donegal, because he was hilariously funny. He also played this record every morning.