Tag Archives: Eurovision

Turkish Eurovision win fails to impress (Rousse)

The school office staff did not appreciate my CD of the solo Turkish artiste – even though she won the Eurovision Song Contest just a couple of years earlier. ‘I suppose I’ll just have to listen to it through my … Continue reading

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Cult betting on the Eurovision song contest (Rousse)

I took the number 10 bus to Granton, then called for the kayak taxi from the pier. The kayak took me as far as a sandbank. I crossed the sandbank, then swam to the small island in the forth. Here … Continue reading

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Daily Mail Eurovision Song Contest hoax (Rousse)

It had all been such a rush that none of us – not even E – had remembered to print off boarding passes for the flight from Birmingham. So here were all three of us forking out an extra £20 … Continue reading

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Belle the heiress and a clumsy Will Young

Several distant aristocratic relatives died unexpectedly and I inherited £100,000. There was no way I was going to tell anyone about this sudden good fortune, but I did treat myself to a new skipping rope. At the Eurovision obstacle course … Continue reading

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