2009-01-02UTC10:58:32Coldplay with Girls Aloud???Is this a joke? Coldplay are playing Wembley with Girls Aloud! This is a far cry from their days at the Barfly, and doesn't really make much sense to me... Jay-Z is supporting on other dates too. Here's what Club Wembley are offering as a package, fo... 2008-10-23UTC05:28:24Own Gig - want to book your favourite band to do a private gig?Hmm just seen http://www.owngig.com on popbitch, it's a site where you can get together with likeminded fans and pay your favourite band to do a gig. And it really can work, see this news piece from them: We are a matter of days away now from making ... 2008-09-22UTC05:36:35Nice weekendHad a good weekend, reasonably uneventful but just NICE! Intended to start off with a quiz at The Grand, but they called Clare on the day to say it was cancelled, for a private function. Good job she had called to reserve a table and left her number,... 2008-08-01UTC08:35:51Just too late for the weekly mailout (again) Folkestone FringeFrom Folkestone Fringe:at georges house gallery:the king and I, private view friday1st august, 7pm30 years after his death, elvis presley still has a firm hold on the collective imagination and this still continues to grow as younger people discover ... 2008-06-16UTC12:52:50the most glorious holiday destination in all EnglandMan alive we've had a lot of press over the past couple of days (we as in Folkestone, rather than me personally), it's been great. The weekend of Triennial events itself was good and there was a real buzz about the town. I'm not entirely sure that it... 2008-06-10UTC01:38:58LONE STAR COMEDY CLUB – FRIDAY 27TH JUNE 2008 AT 7.30Following a triumphant show on 31st May The Lone Star Comedy Club returns to the Tower Theatre on North Road at Shorncliffe Garrsion in Cheriton. The line up for the new show will be EARL OKIN, JAMES SHERWOOD, compere MATT PRICE and a newcomer.Earl ... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11312/LONE+STAR+COMEDY+CLUB+%96+FRIDAY++27TH+JUNE+2008+AT+7.30">Rated 5.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-05-14UTC12:31:12RE: the first two posters left their name, and your review was anonymousI don't really care to be honest,its no big deal to me but I just don't think those other two post's are real as I hae found the Tav to be a brillant place to eat throughout the years.Its your choice, but I would speak very bery highly of the place. ... 2008-05-14UTC11:37:05RE: Sadly disappointed with La TavernettaI have been eating there for the last years and I can say, hand on heart that I have never had a bad meal in there,in fact I would go so far to say the food is superb.They have new owners now and it has got even better.Give it another try, I was real... 2008-05-05UTC10:29:16The Fisherman’s rest is rubbishThe Fisherman’s rest is rubbish and I won’t be using that place again, decided to pop in for a drink last weekend (3rd May) with my wife and friends, only to be told very rudely by the Landlord to leave as it was a private function. The place looked... 2008-02-29UTC07:36:16looking for suitable venue in FolkestoneHi,We are looking for suitable venue in Folkestone one of our gigs.We are an 8-piece live band called The Vintage Corporation and we organise our own 60’s and 70’s gigs. We are looking for halls in London and the South East to perform in.Requirement... 2008-02-14UTC05:21:00Nepotism at the GuardianExpect this one to show up in Private Eye next week. The comments do seem to have been pretty brutal right from the off.It could be a spoof, but probably it's genuine and there to appeal to the child market.Via popbitch message board.... 2008-02-03UTC10:55:21Lost: bit annoyingWatched the new episode, hope you enjoy it if you watch it tonight. I'm convinced the story's still being made up as it goes along, and that there won't be any actual answers by the end of the show. Some new ideas introduced, I'll probably stick with... 2007-12-23UTC12:23:40That's work done thenThere's a very slim chance that I won't be sat in front of the computer again before christmas (though I know the wife will laugh when she sees this), so merry christmas everyone, hope you have a good one.I wrote that yesterday, but didn't hit send, ... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10787/That%27s+work+done+then">Rated 3.56/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-11-20UTC08:44:41A couple of modern affordable Harry Clarke booksFirstly Queens, I have a copy of this book, and it's nice but slim, it's a collection of colour plates of a series of nine windows that are in private hands, I think I paid twenty four pounds for mine, happy bidding... Secondly, a book that we got ne... 2007-11-12UTC02:27:28Fullsome weekenderWell I say full, full of pubs really. Friday night we stayed in, so as to have more energy for going out on Saturday. We had a trip to Canterbury in the day (and you'll never guess where we had lunch), no actual christmas shopping, but we went in a c... 2007-10-27UTC07:47:42TFI The WeekendBit of a choppy working week, but now two days respite. Which is nice. So, off to see the family in a few minutes, hence being up and about at this time.Quiet night in last night, Brand new Rebus on TV, lots of swearing for an ITV show I thought, the... 2007-08-03UTC05:24:14For sale, 2 bed apartment, Costa Blanca (South) Pinar de CampoverdeThis beautifully presented property is situated on the edge of the village of Pinar de Campoverde near the town of Pilar de Horadada. A very sought after location, it has everything you may need, only a few minutes stroll away. Just 15 minutes fro... 2006-12-12UTC10:22:04HmmThe Wife has a work event tomorrow at The Tate that I was going to go to (I fancied a private viewing of the Holbein exhibition, but mysteriously now there's no room for me. Also the event got a write up in The Standard:The result of the ever-growing... 2006-12-10UTC06:10:12Too muchDone far too much since my last posting to remember it all, but here's a go... Thursday was my last proper day at work, though they've asked me to stay on for another week, so that's christmas paid for. That night we were out for the popbitch christm... 2006-11-03UTC05:18:11Damp and other delightsThis spell of cold weather has made the whole house SWEAT! I've hd to put our central heating on at last, yay it still works, but uh-oh, this has led to condensation everywhere. Hopefully this will sort itself out when the temperature levels off a bi... 2006-09-20UTC06:04:18Bonfire of the brands my arseBit late on this one, but how annoyed must this guy be - he's living his life rejecting all corporate branding, and then someone's made him register a domain name and hire a PR company to promote himself! I too am mostly doing the "no brands" thing, ... 2006-09-18UTC03:31:22I've read Girlfriend In A Coma tooThat was OK I think, not as good as the other two, but I read a really bad review of his latest book in Private Eye. Can't remember the title of it, but there was a character in it called Douglas Coupland. Maybe it was Jpod.... 2006-06-13UTC09:16:22Well at least it's good for the gardenNot a lot else to report, having a lot of trouble with spammers on here, so if you want to post a reply I'm afraid you'll have to register now, until I can work something out.Nice that the rain has cooled things down a bit, it was a bit of a shock th... 2006-06-05UTC01:17:49What I done on my weekendHuge weekend then, we really packed quite a lot in. Started off with a Friday off, though still a commute up to London, we had our trips to Admiralty House and Number 10, through Clare's work.Instead of snoozing on the way up to London I took the opp... 2006-03-21UTC12:05:27RE: Just five more minutesHmm...was this a private PB party then? <br /><br />2006-03-08UTC04:17:48It's all kind of familiar from so many Private Eye columnsCheers for the update!2006-03-02UTC02:39:36Mine's so common I've met people with the same nameI'm fairly often in Private Eye, and there was him off Big Brother too.2006-02-27UTC11:33:12RE: WHITMORE CLARKEHi Sue,They were issued in the 1st world war(a total of 1355).Try the CWGC web site. There are five Robert Clarke's all killed in 1915.One was an Able Seaman the rest were all Privates. The link is www.cwgc.org. There are thousands of Clarke's listed... 2005-10-31UTC09:41:06Is this an attempt to post an ad here?Um, good work... Not entirely convinced by your argument that the electric ones are allowed and the gas ones not, the law's a bit grey about these things... Go careful if you're buying one, you're only really allowed to use them on private land...Eba... 2005-08-22UTC12:22:39Not a strip clubThere's a half page story in The Folkestone Herald this week about how there's NOT going to be a strip club opening up under La Vue... what a non story, brilliant publicity though, did anyone suspect their might be one? It's a great puff piece that a... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/3841/Not+a+strip+club"><img alt="Not a strip club" src="http://semstudio.co.uk/lavue/images/front_fs.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/3841/Not+a+strip+club">Rated 6.38/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>