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The Herald Scotland
17 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
Revealed: the shop where you should be able to keep a stiff upper lip
Though only if you happen to be the school janitor, and you can hide inside the broom cupboard, huddled behind a mop, bucket and squeegee, until all the scallywag scholars have ripped the classrooms apart, beaten each other up, then barged through the school gates at the end of the day, eager to continue their reign of rampage upon arriving home. Christina Anderson taught English in an unruly Glasgow school in the 1980s, and once asked a pupil, a fearsome little tyke, what he wanted to do when (or indeed if) he grew up. The fearsome tyke considered this question for a philosophical moment, then replied: 'Me, miss? I wanna dae wit I dae best in school. Only, get paid for it, likes.' 'And what would that be?' inquired Christina. 'I wanna be a paid agitator,' said the tyke. 'I was both horrified and impressed,' Christina tells the Diary. 'Horrified that he wanted to continue his terrorising ways into adulthood. And impressed that he knew a word like agitator.' Going for green 'I once spotted Ronnie O'Sullivan in my local garden centre,' says reader Jim Winston. 'I assumed he was looking at a plant." Weather warning The Diary is a big fan of nominative determinism, those strange occurrences when a person's given name seems to inspire the profession they take up. A few years ago reader Steven Arnold was holidaying in the USA. Clearly bored with all the activities you can do in that huge and beguiling country (visiting the Grand Canyon, getting mugged in New York, being eaten by sharks while enjoying a dip off Martha's Vinyard) he decided to stay indoors and watch the local news on the hotel tellybox. Once the crime, chaos and despair was done and dusted, the weatherman appeared, a chap who went by the tempestuous name of… what else?... Storm Field. Condiment conundrum Let's stick State-side for a while. Nick Hook told a pal he was going on a business trip to Salt Lake City, which inspired his pal to admit: 'I've always wondered why there isn't a Pepper Lake City next door.' Groan-up Another horror story from the adult world. Andy Dempsey's young grandson asked what it was like being a grown-up. 'Not bad,' said Andy, 'if you can put up with always doing stuff you hate doing, until you die.' Absolutely silly 'I don't believe in absolutes,' says reader Peter Miller, 'and never will.'
The Herald Scotland
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
Father's Day: When we pretend that dads are just as important as mums
Then on Monday it's back to factory settings, with mum on the throne and dad most likely on his way to the pub, mobile phone switched off so that none of the kids can nag him while he's knocking back whiskies and chomping salted peanuts. As our readers know, the Diary is commanded by a paternalistic figure grandly referred to as The Editor, or sometimes (behind his back) Ol' Big Ed. He's definitely a fatherly kind of chap, though admittedly the sort of entrepreneurial Victorian father who only raises sprogs so he can make a few extra pounds stuffing them up chimneys and down mines. It's true that Ol' Big Ed can be harsh, cruel and unforgiving, and that he forces his reporters to regularly polish his shoes (usually with their tongues). On the other hand, he provides essential training in the skills of bowing and scraping. Our reporters also become much fitter under his tutelage, and improve their reaction times, as they learn to dodge the many missiles launched from the Editor's desk. (The stationary that lurks on the Editor's desk never stays stationary for very long.) Best of all, working in the fatherly atmosphere of Diary Towers, our minions learn to identify great stories, as you'll now discover, when you read the following classic tales from our archives… Sign of the times Spotted in the sightseeing heart of Rome: a café with a definite Scottish influence. The windows boasted two hand-written signs. The first read: 'Tea is served here', and the other, much more prominent suggested, 'Skip the Trevi, have a bevvy.' Mind your language A return to the murky waters of the malapropism. A Diary reader recalled a colleague at a staff meeting who urged that everyone should be 'singing from the same spreadsheet'. This same fellow also admitted that on one issue he was 'a bit of a doubting Joseph'. Fractionally flawed A Glaswegian was overheard dispensing a pearl of wisdom to a friend: 'Och, it's aw much ae a muchness, hen. Six o' wan and two-thirds o' the other…' Read more: Finding yourself in one of Glasgow's less than salubrious watering holes Price is right? The scene was the Glasgow to Aberdeen train, where a traveller was feeling peckish and was tempted by a banana muffin. But wary of the high prices of items on rail buffet trolleys, he asked the girl: 'Are these muffins exorbitant?' 'I don't know,' she replied. 'I've never tasted them.' Colour-coded cock-up A contestant on TV quiz show Family Fortunes was asked to name something in the garden that is green. The genius promptly answered: 'My shed.' Food for thought A curious reader once asked: 'If bacon and smoking are both considered bad for the health, how does smoking cure bacon?'
Daily Mirror
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Peter Kay announces very different project away from stage after bullying claims
Comedian Peter Kay has announced a very different new project after being hit with bullying claims on his UK tour when he decided to boot hecklers out of his show Peter Kay is ready to take on a new challenge as he has revealed his new project away from his mammoth tour. The comedian, 51, recently returned to the spotlight and has been performing his act in arenas up and down the country. Earlier this year, Peter hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons as he was filmed kicking a heckler out of his show. He halted his performance and had security remove a number of fans after claiming they were spoiling the show for the rest of the attendees. However, after he labelled one ejected fan " Lisa Riley" and the remark caused a scandal, with the heckler claiming Peter was a "bully". Now, it seems Peter is ready to turn the page on the drama as he sets his sights on a very different career. Peter has revealed he has put pen to paper and promises to detail his life in his most personal book yet. In true Peter style, the book hilariously nods to Bridget Jones' Diary, as the comedian's face sits on top of the iconic character. Announcing the news, he said: "Introducing… Peter Kay's Diary: The Monthly Memoir of a Boy from Bolton, Peter's most personal and hilarious book yet. Join Peter for a laugh-out-loud journey through his life, month by month." A teaser for the book added: "Think of this autobiography as a twelve-month subscription to my memories and meanderings across the calendar year. With each month reflecting a different phase of my life, complete with dodgy decisions, bizarre plot twists and more than a few laugh-out-loud moments." Back in February, Peter dealt with hecklers at his Better Late Than Never... Again! gig at Manchester's AO Arena - but things didn't quite go as he'd planned. While he said it wasn't an insult, and Lisa herself acknowledged there was no ill-meaning, the woman in question fumed that the star had humiliated her. "Go on, off you go, Lisa Riley," Peter had jibed, making a comparison to the former Emmerdale actress. Shortly after his remark on his decision to eject the fan in Manchester, Peter opened up on the incident on Good Morning Britain. "I didn't realise it was an insult," he said. "She did look remarkably like Lisa Riley, I didn't realise that was an insult." But despite his insistence there was no dig meant, the woman in question revealed she was mortified. Myar Curran accused the star of being a "bully". Speaking herself on the ITV show, Myar said: "I didn't mean to cause any harm, I was just showing my love as he kicked someone out, but he obviously didn't like it." She added: "I feel like what I said was not abusive or aggressive - it wasn't anti-social and I wasn't drunk. I was just standing u,p chanting 'we love you Peter, we do'. It's just been a bit over the top, his reaction." A month later, Peter threatened to kick even more audience members out of his show at London's O2 Arena. Brushing off the previous backlash, he poked fun at the criticism he faced as he once again halted his show to make an example of one of his fans. Addressing the crowds, he asked: "Is it them in that box? Is that them? Who is it? Eh, it's you monkeys there. Now then, what are we going to do with you now? These people in this area now, do any of you look like Lisa Riley? No, alright," he joked as the crowd erupted into laughter. Speaking exclusively to The Mirror, an audience member said: "Peter waded in as the crowd was audibly kicking off due to some disagreement in the crowd. He poked fun at the idea of kicking them out, then dished out the issue to his security. "But he did reference it again twice in the show as they kept shouting, comparing it to a 'boot sale' at one point. It seemed like the audience in the area wanted him to kick the person out due to all the drama."
Time of India
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Scooter Braun opens up about career choices; says he 'feels guilty' and talks about how it was working with 'a lot of young artists'
Scooter Braun , who formerly worked in the entertainment industry as an artist manager, opened up about his career in the past few years. He cited that he felt 'guilty' while managing young artists and even touched on the subject of his and Taylor Swift 's feud as well. Scooter Braun opens up about being an artist manager The former manager opened up about his profession managing artists in the past years during an interview with Diary of a CEO. Braun talked about how he had to work with a lot of fresh and young artists during his time and how "guilty" he felt doing so. He also talked about how these young artists had to manage in the industry and had to go through the ordeal of 'being judged by the whole world at a very young age.' 'At this age, I feel a lot of guilt because I worked with so many young artists. I hadn't taken the time to look at myself or do the therapy myself until I was older, so I didn't understand at 25, 27, or 30 years old that they were coming from very unique backgrounds with their stuff with their own families and their childhoods, growing up this way and being seen by the whole world and being judged by the whole world at a very young age," he continued. Braun on 'young stardom struggles' Scooter, who has managed the likes of Justin Bieber , Ariana Grande , and Taylor Swift, detailed the concept of "young stardom." He shared how much pressure young people have to go through at a young age due to this and how when humans start worshipping other humans, it changes something in an individual. 'I think human beings are not made to be worshipped. I think we're made to serve, and I think that when we worship human beings, it changes something within us; it messes us up a little bit. "That's not what we're built for, and I think it can be very confusing," he elaborated. He also detailed how the experience of working at such a stage at a young age can also have a massive effect on an individual altogether. He stated, "I think being able to transcend the childhood of people cheering your name and everything else at that level and get to a place where the artists I've worked with are where they are in healthy relationships and with their families and still working through stuff but having a human experience, I think it's a testament to their strength, and I think that's part of it. ' Braun also addressed his feud with Taylor Swift Recently, Taylor Swift announced through her social media account that she has managed to strike a huge deal to ensure that all of her music is back in her ownership. This had been the ending of a long-standing feud between Swift and Braun when the latter purchased the record label she worked with. Braun also opened up about the incident and shared his side of the story. He stated that 'When I bought Big Machine, I thought I was going to work with all the artists on Big Machine. I thought it was going to be, like, an exciting thing. I knew that Taylor; she and I had only met three or four times, and one of the times it was years earlier, and it was a really great engagement. She invited me to a private party, and we respected each other. We had a great engagement in between that time." While recalling his reaction on finding out that Swift called his owning her catalog her "worst nightmare." He shared during the interview that 'I was just shocked." 'It's been five or six years; I don't need to go back into it, but what I can tell you is everything in life is a gift. Having that experience allows me to have empathy for the people I worked with, to whom I would always say, 'Yeah, I understand,' but I never knew what it was like to be on the global stage like that. "I never knew what criticism felt like," the former manager stated.
The Herald Scotland
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
Wild animals shouldn't be kept as pets. It's like a prison sentence...
And we don't just mean the teensy-weensy pooches that Hollywood starlets plop in their Gucci shoulder bags, before schlepping them on to the red carpet for a photo opportunity. No, apparently some Americans also own pet zebras, which are very difficult to squeeze into a shoulder bag, Gucci or otherwise. They also don't particularly enjoy being pets, which probably explains why a zebra named Ed did a runner in Tennessee. The stripey escape artist seemed to be enjoying his freedom. Unfortunately those pesky humans managed to nab him, and he was airlifted in a giant net back to his owner. Reader Bruce Martin was telling his wife, Sally, about the great escape and the even greater capture. 'That's horrible,' winced Sally. 'Wild animals shouldn't be kept as pets. It's like a prison sentence for the poor things.' 'It's not so bad for a zebra,' reasoned Bruce. 'They're already behind bars.' Mind your language The audacious Diary is daring to venture where few adults (who aren't in possession of a teacher's certificate) have the boldness to tread. That's right, folks. We're tip-toeing through the school gates of Scotland's schools to discover what the young scholars have been up to. An English teacher in one of Glasgow's finer educational establishments tells us that a curious student wanted to know: 'Where do they speak jargon?' Read more: When a Glasgow teacher gives a young scholar dietary advice... Money matters These are fiscally ferocious times. Inflation isn't just through the roof, it's now blasting into the stratosphere and will soon be colliding with one of Elon Musk's rockets. Thankfully reader Brenda Collins knows how to scrimp and save. 'I'm great at budgeting,' she boasts. 'Unless there's a dress I want, or a great new wine bar opened in town, or I'm desperate to buy my 100th pair of high heels…' Work or shirk? Overheard by reader Mark Talbot on a Newton Mearns bus. One teenage girl said to her pal: 'My mum wants me to study really hard and go to uni. But why should I? Being intelligent is so uncool.' Bad habit When a pal of Trish Cummings slipped a packet of cigarettes from her bag, Trish said: 'You told me you'd stopped smoking for good.' 'I did,' nodded the pal. 'Now I smoke for evil.' Fine without spine Politically engaged reader Craig Ellis points out: 'The fact that jellyfish have survived for 650 million years despite not having brains or a spine gives hope to the entire political class in Holyrood.'
