Recent content by MR ENA SHARPLES

Too little, too late I'm afraid for GB. I thought there were some very welcome announcements on e.g. political reform, ID cards and the commitment to International Aid. I also enjoyed him listing all the things Labour had done over the last 12 years. Labour has made a difference. Remember when...

For only death annihilates all sense, all becoming, to replace them with non-sense and absolute cessation. -- F. Gonzalez-Cruzzi, "Days of the Dead" in The New Yorker, November 1993

Re: Cranberries 2009 Tour I am very excited about The Cranberries reuniting. They were without a doubt one of my favourite bands of the 1990s. Unfortunately for me I'm going to have to wait till they come to the UK (Their European tour is to be in early 2010). The Americans and Canadians are...

Its the last Labour conference before the general election and it looks as though Labour are going to be thrashed by the Tories. Yet despite this Gordon Brown clings on, deluded in his own grandeur, holding onto the trappings of power. As a Scot (and Fifer) I dont have any of the petty...

Does anyone know if this album will be released over the pond in the UK? I can see it on the American Amazon but not the British one. Saw Tori a couple of weeks ago in concert and she was as fabulous as ever. Loved "Taxi ride" in particular - it was an absolutely stunning performance:)

I've recently become quite interested in the work of Kathleen Ferrier, who was a singer from Blackburn in England. As of the 8th October, it will be 56 years since she passed away aged 41. She had a powerful and beautiful singing voice and became popular in Britain soon after World War Two...

Could be the worst post ever....:mad:

I love this young lady's cover of "There's a light that never goes out" which I found on youtube. She has a lovely voice and it is very melancholic and powerful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etOnSgaX4Ec

"The ugly and the stupid have the best of it in this world. They can sit at their ease and gape at the play." My favourite quote from the book! lol

"Rum and coca cola" by the Andrews Sisters always works a treat for me! lol Seriously though (although there was rather embarrassingly a hint of truth in that), "Now my heart is full" is always my first choice when I have the blues