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A FLAWLESS END-OF-FESTIVAL TOAST… SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 18.27PM
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FROM THE RIDICULOUS TO THE SUBLIME… SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 15.23PM
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THE RAT PACK FOR THE STAIRLIFT GENERATION… SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 14.23PM
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JEEVES WOULD APPROVE… SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 18.31PM
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QUALITY NOT QUANTITY… SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 15.28PM
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WELL YOU WOULD, WOULDN’T YOU…? SATURDAY, OCT 13, 13.15PM
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WELL, I DIDN’T SEE THAT COMING… FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 17.55PM
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‘THE FORCE THAT THROUGH THE GREEN FUSE DRIVES THE FLOWER…’ (Dylan Thomas) FRIDAY, OCT 12, 15.35PM
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THE PERFECT SHOT IN THE ARM FOR AN OVERCAST DAY… FRIDAY, OCT 12, 13.20PM
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SO FINALLY, NO MORE SLEEPS… THURSDAY, OCT 11, 2018
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JUST THREE SLEEPS LEFT… MONDAY, OCT 8, 2018
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SO…
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MARVELLOUS MONA
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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING?
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BUT IS IT ART?
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LIKE TRACY AND HEPBURN…
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SO HOW’S IT HANGIN’?
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SPLENDIDO (but multiplied a couple hundred times)
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YOU’VE EVERYTHING TO SLEEP FOR…
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WELL THAT SETTLES IT…
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AND JUST TO CLARIFY…
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TREE PORN (NO REALLY…)
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BOUTIQUE, BOUTIQUE, BOUTIQUE…
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“WHAT ANGEL WAKES ME FROM MY FLOWERY BED?”
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WEATHER IS HELL…
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“IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO STILL BE A WOMAN IN THE KITCHEN…”
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IT WAS GENTEEL COMPANY BUT “RAT-ARSED” WAS STILL UTTERED…
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“YOUNG LADIES DO NOT EAT CHEESE AT DINNER PARTIES…”
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THINK ROBERT WAGNER FROM TV’S ‘HART-TO-HART AND ‘TWO-AND-A-HALF MEN’
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BUT NO SIGN OF UNCLE MONTY…
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“AND NOW, FROM NORWICH, IT’S THE QUIZ OF THE WEEK…”
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DAY TWO IN THE BIG BROTHER (SORRY, BIG BLENHEIM) HOUSE…
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WHATEVER IT IS DOC, PLEASE PRESCRIBE IT…
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A STRAW POLL (ALBEIT A VERY SHORT STRAW POLL…)
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PHEW!
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CREEPY BUT WEIRD (IN A COOL WAY)
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STARSTRUCK? OH YEAH!
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AND THEN THERE WAS LIGHT…
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OX magazine editor at large Jeremy Smith writes about the festival