6 April – After the storm, we walk a bit
Many people have trodden the boards more than once, some with aplomb, and some doing stuff we'd rather not talk about. And I'm not...
11 April – Your hope calls you a liar
If you want to get ahead, you need a showstopper of a song. It's obvious, isn't it. But how to stop that show? With...
17 August – Come on sing along
It would be a dull old Eurovision if all the songs sounded the same. They obviously don't, otherwise they'd all finish up with the...
24 November – Still thinking of September
The singers in our favourite TV show come from all over our fair continent (and beyond of course). You name a place in Europe,...
31 October – Dance the tāmūrē
Who doesn't love a mash-uup of cultures? I do. Whether it's a Welsh community in deepest Argentinian Patagonia. or a Dutch cycling orchestra in...
11 March – When our roads meet, we will understand each...
There's a core of people out there who believe that a certain country can do no wrong. You know the thing, a person could...
1 June – I lay down and cry, and the rivers...
We move north after our little sojourn into the Balkan world. And to someone who has been on that stage twice. Once alone, and...
ESC birthdays 3/5 – Could this be Eurovision that is calling?
I may say this once in a while, but there were actually Eurovision Song Contests before 2001. Crazy isn't it, to think about things...
12 May – You’re so addictive, there’s no way out
For every act that makes it to the big Eurovision stage, there are many who try and fall by the wayside. Persistence can pay...
29 April – You toss us to-and-fro like sailboats in the...
Could we have a win from 'Old Europe' this year? People are touting a win from the continent's western half, maybe even from as...