The morning’s deliberations
After passing on the delights from the hotel menu of "boiled kneepad" and "strip of meat" I'm back and not going to be put...
21 January – Go and explore inside your inner universe
We have some interesting matching of nations. Latvia and Burkina Faso. Ukraine and Congo-Brazzaville. And there's today's singer. Maybe not quite as exotic, but...
Late morning and early afternoon musings
Apologies if this is either late or incoherent - blame John Stanton - he single handedly liquefied Lunch!! - the one that, at 3.06...
A morning of various joy – an evening of much of...
Aww Bosnia. It's flippin' brill!
He starts off in a washing basket, with four knitting brides behind. Then everyone just runs about a bit in...
27 July – I trust that tomorrow love will return to...
Sisters seem to be doing it for themselves lately. We've had a run of female vocalists lately, which is in no way a bad...
And – Dorra …. Oh Dear oh Dear
Well, she looks like the back-end of a Routemaster bus, she sang in 40 different keys and the song is in neither or all...
Andorra Syndrome sets in
Oh, this is very very wrong. It usually takes longer than this for Andorra Syndrome to set in. Gisela's had her hair done by...
1 January – A simple song can bring back the past
Happy New Year! And may your dreams for 2023 all come true. Whether it's trying your first lobster thermidore, taking that trip to Funchal,...
Right, so, the lovely Jennifer …
The lovely Jennifer is not, sadly, all that lovely. I had hopes for Andorra, 'tis a lovely song, but it's neither looking nor sounding...
Welcome to do an Andorran day….
Franko: Some you assembled readers will know of my unfortunate experience with a drunk Andorran singer after the 2004 semi final and some of...