Former Pogues frontman and raging alcoholic Shane MacGowan was back in the news this week with the re-issue of ‘best Christmas song ever’ Fairytale of New York (with the late Kirsty McColl) was censored by BBC Radio One, removing the words faggot and slut.
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Newly-appointed England manager Fabio Capello makes the card this week, having promised to learn English within the month.
King of the Jungle is my Queen of Diamonds, having won TV’s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here with it’s Bush Tucker Trials which invariably involved eating unpleasant animal parts.
Risking the censure of the small purple one, week 46 is the turn of the Artist Formerly Known As The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, Prince, who this week started a campaign to rid the internet of any unauthorised images of himself, and anything else that vaguely refers to himself…
Card-i-cature a week… Week 40 – Lewis Hamilton (the Nine of Diamonds)
by Alex on 4th October 2007 at 7:10 pmWeek 40 – In this week, British Formula One racing prodigy was under investigation for allegedly causing an accident deliberately at the Japanese Grand Prix last week. He was subsequently cleared of any blame.
Card-i-cature a week… Week 36 – Luciano Pavarotti (the King of Diamonds)
by Alex on 6th September 2007 at 3:40 pmAnd now for week 36, and operatic tenor, Luciano Pavarotti, famous for his signature piece, Nessun Dorma which was used by the BBC for their coverage of the Italian World Cup in 1990, died this week from kidney failure at the age of 71.



