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Tag Archives: EMOTION
MARVELLOUS LINARES! LINARES VS CROLLA II – A Review.
Last night I went to bed gutted that Manchester’s very likeable Anthony ‘Million Dollar’ Crolla, failed in his rematch with Jorge Linares, for the WBA, WBC Diamond and Ring Magazine Lightweight World Championships. There wasn’t any hard luck story here … Continue reading
Posted in BOXING, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, POPULAR CULTURE, SPORT, TELEVISION, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized
Tagged #CROLLA, @SCARFMANANDY, ADAM SMITH, ANNA WOOLHOUSE, ANTHONY CROLLA, BOXING, BOXING ANALYST, BOXING PRESENTING, BOXING WRITING, CARL FROCH, DAVID HAYE, DEFEAT, ED ROBINSON, EDDIE HEARN, EMOTION, entertainment, FINAL BELL, FROCH, HOMETOWN HERO, JOE GALLAGHER, JORGE LINARES, KATE ABDO, LINARES, LINARES VS CROLLA II, MANCHESTER, MANCHESTER ARENA, MANCUNIANS, MARVELLOUS, MILLION DOLLAR CROLLA, MR NICE GUY, popular culture, SCARFMAN, SKY BOXING, SKY SPORTS, SPORT, SPORT TV, SPORTS WRITING, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE SWEET SCIENCE, TONY BELLEW, TV, tv review, TV SPORT, VENEZUELAN
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I THINK THEREFORE I AM….NOT A NUTTER : MENTAL HEALTH MEDICATION AND ME!
A blog about me being able to take medication for my mental health illness, for the FIRST TIME EVER! I can still remember the first time I tried taking a medication called clomipramine for my Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I … Continue reading
Posted in ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, Uncategorized
Tagged 2ND OPINION, ANAL BEHAVIOUR, anxiety, ARIPIPRAZOLE, BAD NHS EXPERIENCES, CBT, COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY, CONTAMINATION, CRUEL OCD, DEPRESSION, DIARY, DOVTORS, DROWSINESS, DROWSY, EMOTION, ENSLAVED, FLUOXETINE, medication, MENS HEALTH, mental health, MENTAL HEALTH COLLEGE, MENTAL HEALTH DIARY, MENTAL HEALTH MEDICATION, MENTAL HEALTH MEDICATION SIDE EFFECTS, NHS CBT, NOT BEING BELIEVED, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, OCD MEDS, pain, PELVIC FLOOR SORENESS, PRISONER IN OWN HOME, PROSTATITIS, PSYCHIATRY, PSYCHOLOGY, SORE RIBS, stigma, TALKING THERAPY
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‘The Missing’ – THE COOLEST RETIRED DETECTIVE ON THE PLANET! Series 2, episode 1 review.
Now and again you quite literally get bowled over by a new programme that comes on the telly. You go to bed thinking about it, you wake up thinking about it and you cannot wait for the next episode to … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, BBC DRAMA, BBC ORIGINAL DRAMA, BBC1, DRAMA, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, POPULAR CULTURE, screenplay, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, THRILLERS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized
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AN ASHAMED, INTROSPECTIVE AND HOODWINKED LOUIS! ‘Louis Theroux – Savile’. A review.
This was a BBC Two documentary by Louis Theroux with a difference. Never before have we seen him revisit one of his earlier programmes. First aired fifteen years ago, he looked back at the documentary he did with the now … Continue reading
Posted in ANXIETY, BBC, documentary, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, grief, POPULAR CULTURE, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized
Tagged 1972, 1973, 2016, 70S, 80S, ANDY LLOYD TV CRITIC, ARTHUR CARY, ASHAMED, AYSHA RAFAELE, BBC, BBC TELEVISION STATION, BBC TWO, BBC2, BRITISH TELEVISION, BRITISH TV, CHARITABLE WORK, CHERIE WHEATCROFT, child abuse, culture, DAME JANET SMITH, DAME JANET SMITH REPORT, death, DOCU, DOCUMENTARY, EMOTION, entertainment, Grief, HOODWINKED, INTROSPECTION, JANET COPE, JIM'LL FIX IT, JIMMY SAVILE, kat ward, LEEDS, LOUIS THEROUX, LOUIS THEROUX JIMMY SAVILE, LOUIS THEROUX JIMMY SAVILE REVIEW, MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL, media, NHS, OPERATION YEW TREE, PEDOPHILE, popular culture, RAPE, SAM, SAVILE, Scarfman_, SEX OFFENDER, SEXUAL ABUSE, SEXUAL ABUSE AT CHURCH, SHOWBIZ, SIR JIMMY SAVILE, STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL, SUSAN, SYLVIA NICOL, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, THEROUX, TV, TV CRITIC, tv review, TV WRITING, UK TELEVISION, UK TV, YOUTHECRITIC
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NOWHERE TO HIDE! ‘National Treasure’- episode one review!
A tremendous first instalment of a four part drama series starring Robbie Coltrane as much loved comedian Paul Finchley, who is accused of rape dating back to the 90s. It was a narrative about the cult of celebrity, fame and … Continue reading
Posted in DRAMA, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, POPULAR CULTURE, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized
Tagged ANDY LLOYD, BABOU CEESAY, BRITISH TELEVISION, C4, CHANNEL 4, CULT OF FAME CELEBRITY, DRAMA, EMOTION, entertainment, JULIE WALTERS, MARIE, MISE EN SCENE IN DRAMA, NATIONAL TREASURE, NATIONAL TREASURE EPISODE ONE REVIEW, NATIONAL TREASURE TV SERIES, NOWHERE TO HIDE, OPERATION YEWTREE, PAUL FINCHLEY, popular culture, robbie coltrane, ROBBIE CULTRANE, SCARFMAN, Scarfman_, SEXUAL ABUSE ALLEGATIONS, THE ARTS, TV CRITIC, tv review, UK TELEVISION REVIEW, UK TV
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COLD FEET MIGHT BE UNUSUAL IN SEPTEMBER, BUT OH WHAT A JOYOUS, GLORIOUS COMEBACK! ‘COLD FEET’ – Series 6, episode 1 review. 05/09/16.
TV show comebacks are not always guaranteed to be a roaring success. For example, no more Only Fools and Horses should have been made after Del and Rodney FINALLY became millionaires. The remake of Dallas was an unmitigated disaster and … Continue reading
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