19 April – In a hundred ways I’ll bring you love
Is it a day for you? Well, the sun may be shining, you're having a break from the daily grind, and you're reading this...
ESC birthdays – Do you remember France? They used to win
It seems odd in these days of dominance by Scandinavia and states of central and eastern Europe that our favourite TV show was once...
15 March – How many days did we spend lying down,...
We had a massive choice of birthdays today. It'll gives plenty of birthdays for years to come. So you may be wondering why we've...
14 March – It is burnt by napalm
When you look at how some countries are performing these days, it's often good to see how they got to where they are. It...
12 December – It seems I’ve been led astray
Such is the lottery of the birthday feature, that one day we're plumbing the depths of the 1970s, and next we're bang up...
24 June – I’m the Greek who goes ahead
There are lots of performers who turn up to Eurovisions many times, and manage to get on the stage. Sometimes it's as a named...
25 January – Didn’t we laugh together? Didn’t we love together?
Remember Turkey? They were the ones who could properly get away with that vert eastern sound. You know the ones - their preview videos...
26 September – Time changes everything, and that’s what they say
Those decades keep on coming, and it's the turn of that which some call the 'noughties'. It's an odd term, so we'll just call...
5 August – Everything’s white around me
Our friends in Bosnia & Herzegovina have fallen out of love with our favourite TV show of late. We miss them with their quirky...
8 March – Girl in a flounce skirt, lavender without a...
Two months from now, it's possible that you'll be somewhere in south-western Europe. Somewhere where the fish, port and the like flow freely. Will...