Richard Herring is back, with another conversation starter from his book Emergency Questions... If you had to marry a muppet - if you  had  ...

The poster above is from the late 1980s. HMV were barking mad, because they were selling new chart CDs for £9.99 in their sale. 35 years lat...

Welcome back to Saturday Snapshots. Yesterday's clues were so fiendish, you may well have needed a Black Magic Woman to help you wor...

Ten girl songs versus ten boy songs. Who will come out on top? 10. Generation X - Modern Boys vs. Sheena Easton - Modern Girl B...

Summertime and the living is easy. Perhaps not as easy as you lot keep proving the answers to Saturday Snapshots to be... I think Rigid...

Here's a proper grumpy old man for you. Famously grumpy in his youth with his fellow bandmates. Reckoned hell would freeze over befo...

Now that's an album cover, isn't it? I'd have bought that from the charity shop even if I hadn't recognised the artist. D...

So last week,  Martin set me a challenge (perhaps jokingly) to see if I could come up with 10 songs featuring toasters. Well, I always ...

This week, I give thanks for ten fine examples of pop praise. Specials mentions to Hymns and The Verve's classic album Urban Hym...

Four times a week, I have a 50 min - 1 hr 10 minute commute to work (depending on whether I'm taking Sam to nursery or not) and this...

The Dude abides. The Dude is my hero. The Dude can do no wrong. But that doesn't mean I agree with everything The Dude says... an...

This is the first time I've ever edited a Top Ten after publishing...but shortly after posting it for the first time earlier this a...

Ten songs in need of a good wash. If you came looking for Christina Aguilera, you'll end up disappointed. She can't even spell ...

How bizarre has this weather been lately? It's July in the UK and the temperature is heading into the thirties. There's no rain. And...

So, the Olympics is over and so are my Olympic Top Tens. If you'd asked me three weeks ago if I'd had enough of the Olympics yet, I...