I Am A Swede

So true. By this time Annie appeared less and less and after Kate's departure Joe became increasingly sidelined as well. This story with Kate was really one of the last he had. He spent the remainder of his time on the show mostly being stepfather to Rachel and Mark.

I find it a bit odd that despite the internet and access to all kinds of information, arguments and viewpoints society seems to have become more and more fragmented and people more and more intolerant and immune to reasoning. I wonder why?

This must feel a bit too close to home for Barbra. There's less than a month between them in age.

Good for them, although I don't know if it will make any difference at all.... https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45204397

I agree completely with every single syllable.

She was never a personal favourite, but she was one of the great cultural icons of the 20th century, there's no denying that. RIP Ms Franklin

Happy 60th Birthday to the undisputed Queen of Pop!

Since there's not much else going on right now I felt we might as well have a little trip down memory lane. It was on this date, August 15th, that Dolly Skilbeck left Beckindale back in 1991. Her departure, and the final appearance of Henry Wilks exactly two weeks later (August 29th) ended a long line of long-time character exits that had begun two years earlier with Sandie Merrick, and which also included Jackie Merrick, Caroline Bates, Rev. Donald Hinton, Matt Skilbeck and Amos Brearly. It might sound a little bit drastic but it feels like this was the end of the "old" Emmerdale and the beginning of the new updated show which revolved less around farming and more about typical soap opera issues.

Lindsay Lohan accusing someone else of seeking attention?! Somehow the words pot, kettle and black comes to mind.....

You mean you actually didn't know?!

You do know that Madonna sampled "Gimme Gimme Gimme" on "Hung Up", right?

Interesting! One can only hope that there will be no mention of any Dingle in it.

It couldn't happen to a more deserving group of morons!