http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/NewsFront.aspx?SectionID=16657 en-GB Copyright 2007, Johnston Press Plc jpnm.coordinator@jpress.co.uk jpnm.coordinator@jpress.co.uk STHE http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/GetFeed.aspx?sectionid=16657&format=rss Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:32:32 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/template/group/images/rss/STHE_rss.gif http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk 281 70 http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Laughing-through-the-pain-barrier.6502171.jp I'm typing this with only one hand at the moment....that sounds very wrong! http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Laughing-through-the-pain-barrier.6502171.jp Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:25:10 GMT http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Family-always-comes-first.6482547.jp My little girl is starting school in a few weeks. She tried her school uniform on last week, and to be honest it choked me. http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Family-always-comes-first.6482547.jp Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:39:55 GMT http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Sexual-politics-gone-mad-in.6468732.jp I've had four gigs this week, in Wilmslow, Coventry and a weekend in Newcastle. I love going Newcastle, it's a good city and it's a nice little break too. http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Sexual-politics-gone-mad-in.6468732.jp Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:27:55 GMT http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Glasses-wearers--look-away.6455879.jp I've had quite a few gigs this week - Lancaster, Morecambe, the Stockton Riverside Festival ... and a pub in Blackburn performing to folk who wouldn't have looked out http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Glasses-wearers--look-away.6455879.jp Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:16:17 GMT http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Dave-vs-the-wasp-world.6410879.jp I have a big phobia of wasps. I'm not too bothered about anything else but wasps make me act stupid and lose all my composure when they fly near me. They know it too, I&#3 http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Dave-vs-the-wasp-world.6410879.jp Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:39:39 GMT http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Daveshead-Revisited.6393109.jp My gig last Thursday got cancelled. So I'd planned to show off my silky skills with my mates who all play 5-a-side football religiously every Thursday night. http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Daveshead-Revisited.6393109.jp Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:33:19 GMT http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Footballing-highs-and-lows.6366622.jp The World Cup as finally begun and we once again go into the tournament with high hopes that it's going to be 1966 all over again. http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Footballing-highs-and-lows.6366622.jp Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:49:01 GMT http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/I39m-no-Mariah-Carey.6357281.jp I've been all over the place this week - I was in Liverpool on Wednesday night performing to 150 wine tasters. http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/I39m-no-Mariah-Carey.6357281.jp Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:51:31 GMT http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Time-flies-when-you39re-having.6339801.jp It was my little girls fourth birthday this weekend. I can't believe how fast time as flown by. http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Time-flies-when-you39re-having.6339801.jp Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:32:05 GMT http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Burgers-on-fire.6318514.jp Well, it's been a fascinating week - we've seen the previous land speed record for a lawnmower smashed! http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Burgers-on-fire.6318514.jp Tue, 25 May 2010 16:12:04 GMT http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Gimme-all-your-lovin.6309783.jp The comedy week started for me on Wednesday in Balsall Common, near Coventry. http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Gimme-all-your-lovin.6309783.jp Thu, 20 May 2010 16:42:50 GMT http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/The-Scousers-at-the-gates.6290582.jp What an incredible week ... firstly, how messed up his our political system that we had a minority party making all the big calls on our country's future? http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/The-Scousers-at-the-gates.6290582.jp Wed, 12 May 2010 16:49:42 GMT http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Wood-pigeons-getting-me-in.6271394.jp I'm typing this whilst watching the wood pigeons we have nesting in our garden - they're unashamedly rampant and doing my head in. http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Wood-pigeons-getting-me-in.6271394.jp Tue, 04 May 2010 15:21:23 GMT http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/A-holiday-too-far-for.6265291.jp I've been in South Wales this weekend with the family in a static caravan. http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/A-holiday-too-far-for.6265291.jp Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:14:04 GMT http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Me-Nick-Clegg-and-armwrestling.6240335.jp The news this week has been dominated by the emergence of the Liberal Democrats as a serious contender for the elections. http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Me-Nick-Clegg-and-armwrestling.6240335.jp Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:11:45 GMT http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Sorry-Frankie-you39ve-gone-too.6223386.jp I've started typing this whilst sat in the Northampton services on the M1, coming back from London. http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Sorry-Frankie-you39ve-gone-too.6223386.jp Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:19:30 GMT http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Adventures-without-a-sat-nav.6214377.jp I was in Lincoln last Thursday, a place right up near the top of the 'awkward places to get too' list I have, mentally ingrained on my brain. http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Adventures-without-a-sat-nav.6214377.jp Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:45:03 GMT http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/I39m-gonna-party-like-it39s.6193354.jp Strikes, massive national debt, job losses and the inevitability that the Tories will be coming in making very unpopular, but unfortunately very necessary decisions ... it&#39 http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/I39m-gonna-party-like-it39s.6193354.jp Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:05:01 GMT http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/The-hardest-job-in-the.6170770.jp My kids woke very early this morning, and unfortunately, it was my turn to get up. http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/The-hardest-job-in-the.6170770.jp Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:57:58 GMT http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Gail-Platt-ruins-my-Friday.6156763.jp Another week on the comedy trail, but not before spending a lovely midweek with my family and friends in Centreparcs in Penrith. http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Gail-Platt-ruins-my-Friday.6156763.jp Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:51:51 GMT http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Karma-bounces-back-to-haunt.6135694.jp My week of mirth started in Leeds on Thursday at the lovely Library venue. http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Karma-bounces-back-to-haunt.6135694.jp Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:28:51 GMT http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Posh-lads-get-put-in.6117045.jp Like any Saints fan worth his salt, I don't care much for rugby union, and England in particular, bore the pants off me. http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Posh-lads-get-put-in.6117045.jp Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:12:06 GMT http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Bully-for-Gordon.6093607.jp It's been an interesting week for Labour. Gordon Brown did a speech in Coventry under the slogan 'A Future Fair For All'. http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Bully-for-Gordon.6093607.jp Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:02:15 GMT http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/The-man-with-the-golden.6079710.jp The comedy started this week for me on the Wednesday in Lammars in Manchester. The promoter kindly lets me close this gig every few months and it's great for trying out on http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/The-man-with-the-golden.6079710.jp Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:43:38 GMT http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/London-calling.6053209.jp The news as been dominated by John Terry's cheating. I personally think Capello did the right thing to take the captaincy away. http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/London-calling.6053209.jp Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:38:44 GMT http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Welsh-roadsigns--what-on.6038567.jp I've had a busy but enjoyable week - and there's been plenty going on in the national news to get my comedy teeth into. http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Welsh-roadsigns--what-on.6038567.jp Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:45:12 GMT http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Charity-ain39t-easy.6011679.jp The snow has finally gone, Christmas and New Year already seem a distant memory, and we're finally cracking on with things. http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Charity-ain39t-easy.6011679.jp Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:13:23 GMT http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/London-calling.5991333.jp As with last week, I had two of my gigs pulled, due to the snow. Although I can't help but suspect, it was just an excuse for poor ticket sales due to the time of year. http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/London-calling.5991333.jp Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:03:46 GMT http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Weather39s-snow-joke-for-a.5972506.jp Thanks to apparently the worst snowfall in 30 years I've had a couple of my gigs pulled this week, which for anyone who's self-employed know is bad news when bills nee http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/Weather39s-snow-joke-for-a.5972506.jp Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:40:03 GMT http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/The-noughties-are-over-.5954520.jp I cannot believe we are now in a new decade ... I don't even know what it's called, but it's not the noughties and it is not the teens for a few years either - I&# http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/dave-twentyman/The-noughties-are-over-.5954520.jp Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:40:11 GMT