Category Archives: MY Writing

My various thoughts/rants depending on the mood I was in when I wrote them!

MY Comic Life – On the Road

Part and parcel of being a comic is travelling. Primarily because there’s a hell of a lot of it. If you can’t bear the thought of driving/sitting on a train or (depending on how well your career is going) on a Megabus for hours so you can have the pleasure of performing for 20 minutes […]

In Praise of Book Clubs

As someone who tended to confine her reading to the greats from Austrian and German literature, interspersed with the obligatory English language classic novel, and preferably only reading works by authors who had been dead for a minimum of 50 years (with the exception of Jörg Mauthe and absolutely anything written by Wolf Haas), I […]

MY Comic Life – Edinburgh Festival, Slips of the Tongue and Throwing Up

Recent events include me doing a particularly bad job at recognising people at the Edinburgh Festival; ending up on a drip in Cardiff and inadvertently putting my foot in it when it came to raising money for a good cause. Latest most ‘Maureen’ moment has to be during my recent stay up in Edinburgh, where […]

Another Guilty Pleasure – Mar de Plástico

Fancy a melodramatic Spanish police drama with a brooding, action hero of a hunk as protagonist, set against the background of a corrupt and racist small town in Southern Spain, with a few unbelievable plot twists thrown in for good measure? Then Mar de Plástico (Plastic Sea) could be for you. Contains SPOILERS. Admittedly, the […]

MY Theatre Review – The Lieutenant of Inishmore

I’ve been a fan of Martin McDonagh’s writing ever since I saw In Bruges; a fan of Aidan Turner since Dead Romantics, Being Human and last but not least, Poldark. So, what could be better than a theatre trip to check out The Lieutenant of Inishmore, a play written by McDonagh and starring Turner? Two […]

MY Comic Life – Maureen Moments, What’s in a Name and Judging Your Performance

Most ‘Maureen’ moment this year so far must be whilst on a mini tour of the Netherlands and Germany. In Cologne, I stayed at a rather small hotel and in the morning was making the most of having a German breakfast by helping myself to loads of meat. It was only once I’d piled all […]

My New Guilty TV Pleasure – The Ministry of Time

Fed up flicking through Netflix deciding what the hell to watch? Or simply suffering from #Droughtlander? That easily recognisable condition when you’re missing #Outlander and its hunky, time-travelling hero, Jamie Fraser? Then check out The Ministry of Time (El Ministerio del Tiempo) for a fun, highly addictive time-travelling romp Spanish style with several time-travelling hunks […]

MY Outlander Review – Eye of the Storm

A Finale of Two Halves, Some Far-Fetched Heroics, Geillis in Nutty Scottish Nationalist Mode and Some Sexy Foreplay. Contains SPOILERS. From my perspective, this season’s finale was a bit of an anti-climax. Perhaps this was because the last two seasons finished with such strong episodes; or maybe because Season 3 was so enthralling at the […]

MY Outlander Review – The Bakra

Bloodbaths, Old Acquaintances and Smouldering Looks Contains SPOILERS. This episode proves what a small world it was in the 18th century with Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie (Sam Heughan) bumping into not one but four old faces from home despite being on the other side of the world. The one old face they actually want […]

MY Outlander Review – Unchartered

Claire in Survival Mode, Comedy Gold from an Eccentric Priest and the Eye-Opening Side-Effects of Eating Turtle Soup. Contains SPOILERS. This week’s episode showcases what a capable, tough cookie Claire (Caitriona Balfe) is while giving us an insight into Claire’s feelings for Jamie (Sam Heughan). By far the less demonstrative half of the couple, this […]

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