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April 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Miscarriages Made My Marriage Stronger
I phoned a mate last week to ask a cheeky favour and in catching up I asked how things had been. “Better now”, he started. I gulped. I had pretty much guessed what was coming next. “We had a rough month last month”. Another pause. “We had a miscarriage…and you know all about that right?” I nodded to […]Archive
January 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
DVD Review: The House With A Clock In Its Walls – Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 7)
The House With A Clock In Its Walls Director: Eli Roth DreamWorks Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 7) Hi guys, it’s me again, Oscar. Happy New Year and I hope you all have a great 2019! I’m going to review the Cate Blanchett and Jack Black movie, The House With A Clock In It Walls. I wrote a […]Archive
November 9, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 141 – Gerry Paul
Welcome to episode 141 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library to access each new episode; or via Anchor/FMyou can get the […]Archive
August 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 131 – Emily Writes (About Her Life!)
Welcome to episode 131 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. And it’s welcome back to the podcast the first third-time guest, Emily Writes. She was first on in the very early days of the pod, back at episode # 14. And her first repeat-turn was for episode # 52, […]Archive
August 8, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
DVD Review: Sarah & Duck (Lots of Shallots and other stories) – Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 6)
Sarah & Duck Lots of Shallots BBC Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 6) Oscar here again. I’m reviewing Sarah & Duck instead of Coco – I will review Coco, and Jumanji and then Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 but first up I want to talk about Sarah & Duck. Scarf Lady is funny I mean Scarf Lady is the […]Archive
July 24, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Book Preview: Is It Bedtime Yet? – by Emily Writes and Friends
Arriving later this week Is It Bedtime Yet? is the brand new book by Emily Writes. She of Rants In The Dark. This time however Emily has some friends along. I’m even one of them! Is It Bedtime Yet’s subtitle is Parenting…the hilarious, the hair-raising, the heart-breaking – it’s a collection of stories, taken in […]Archive
July 6, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 123 – Ali Harper
Welcome to episode 123 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. Ali Harper is someone I met for the first time earlier this year. I told her I wanted to podcast her – because I knew her work. I had heard some of her albums, seen her on the TV […]Archive
November 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Peter Pan – The Pantomime: Theatre
Peter Pan – The Pantomime Direction: Susan Wilson (written by Pinky Agnew & Lorae Parry) Circa Theatre; Circa One (Nov 18 – Dec 23/Jan 2-13) The Circa Theatre end of year panto has been a mainstay across the last year – however last year’s romp through Jack And The Beanstalk felt phoned in, stale. The […]Archive
November 2, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 88 – Anika Moa
Welcome to episode 88 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This is a conversation with Anika Moa. She need no introduction – but perhaps a warning: this does contain more ‘C’-words than any other podcast I’ve done. Anika burps, she cackles, she abuses me, mocks me – but within […]Archive
September 29, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Film Review: Captain Underpants, The First Epic Movie– Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 5)
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie Director: David Soren DreamWorks Animation Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 5) Captain Underpants had good songs in it and he got splashed with water and there was a telephone going ‘ring-ring-ring-ring/hello/I am Captain Underpants/what is going on/tra-la-la/tra-tra-tra-tra-la-la/why am I soaking wet’. There was whoopie cushions in it. And Mr Krupp, the mean […]Archive
August 24, 2017 by Simon Sweetman