I Am A Swede

Emmerdale shares most nominations for the British Soap Awards with EastEnders, 13 each.

Hard to believe that anyone can sit through an entire hour with him. I can only stand watching him for a few seconds before feeling sick.

I guess the true colours are shining through from J.D. Vance and Marco Rubio. Germany defends AfD extremist classification after Rubio slams 'tyranny in disguise'

^^ Talk about being unsuited for his position.....

I wonder if Joe Tate's time on the show is coming to an end now that all his nefarious deeds are coming to light. I'm not particularly fond of the character, but I still resent him being thrown under the proverbial bus just so the Dingles (many of whom have done at least equally villainous things) can show off their usual hypocritical attitude. John Sugden is another whose future seems uncertain, and again while I'm not a fan of the character, having a Sugden (albeit a retconned one) sacrificed on this show's altar dedicated to the Dingles is not a pleasant idea....

Steffy should sit her hypocritical ass down, or go back to wailing over Liam.

Brooke had Stephanie to, both figuratively and literally, beat her down on a regular basis, and yes, while Brooke was repeatedly forgiven for her mistakes so was Stephanie. So they were on equal footing, and both had ups and downs, wins and losses. Steffy doesn't have that kind of adversary. Sheila and Luna are obviously not the kind of grey characters you can root for so having them as opponents only serve to paint Steffy in a better light.

Please, if the writing is biased in anyone's favour it's for Steffy. Brooke has, over the years, repeatedly lost, been humiliated, beaten down and ridiculed. When has that ever happened to Steffy? She's always painted as being right, noone ever gets to call her out on her behaviour even when she berates other people for things she herself has done. Brad is so desperate to portray her in a positive way that he goes to great lengths to portray her as a victim, even when that really doesn't play to JMW's strengths as an actress. He has even completely done a 180 on Hope's character to be able to play Steffy as the wronged one.

It's always a little sad when a piece of soap history dies. But 88 is a respectable age.

That was undoubtedly inspired by the last scenes from "Upstairs, Downstairs" when Rose (Jean Marsh) walked around the now empty house (which had been sold) remembering people and events from the past.