Author: David Parkin

ALL the best partnerships can’t last forever. In showbiz, Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin split at the height of their […]

I DON’T know about you but I rarely view a television advertisement these days and enjoy it. Perhaps I’m viewing […]

I LEARNED a new word the other day. Kakistocrats. It was used by the Sunday Times columnist Camilla Long in […]

WHEN she was a schoolgirl Carla Stockton-Jones wanted to become a nun. “Other people had posters of Nik Kershaw and […]

I REMEMBER once hearing a great phrase used to describe a footballer who played without much passion and who sapped […]

I USED to think property developers were some of the most creative people in business. The way they could look […]

IF you’ve not been to a big awards dinner since the pandemic, I think you are in for a surprise. […]

YOU won’t have heard of Ron Ford, but he went into battle against Rupert Murdoch and won. And not many […]

BY the time you read this Roger Hutton will have resigned as the chairman of Yorkshire County Cricket Club. I […]

I KNOW what you are thinking. It has been ages since Parky put a photo of himself in the blog. […]