Woohoo, Halloween! Actually, if I'm honest, I'm not normally that bothered about Halloween week - the costumes are always exceptional but as a holiday, it's not that interesting. The only prediction I had coming into this week was that someone would definitely be painted green. I wasn't expecting that to happen right in the opening Pro number, but there it was! We also had someone painted red, but hey, I'm …

It's not the best time to get obsessed with maps and walking, given that the autumn and winter weather is starting to kick in, but I recently discovered the Get Outside section of the Ordnance Survey website. As the official mappers of the UK, they have plenty to peruse on the atlas and map side of things, but they've also made a big effort to encourage people to leave the …

The drop out rate this week was somewhat reduced, but sadly Judi and Graziano weren't able to perform due to testing positive for Covid. I'm sure it's not outlandish to suggest they might have been in the bottom two this week after a couple of weeks in that position, so that left things a little bit more wide open in terms of who might perform well and who might be …

Coldplay have always been a divisive band, one of those who for some reason it's cool to dislike them. I'm not sure if I've fallen either side of the debate, although their debut album Parachutes got me through some difficult times, so does have my esteem. I haven't really thought about Coldplay for a while, but two things in the news recently have made me think about what this band …

It was a bad week for Strictly drop outs leading up to Saturday's show. First, Robert and Dianne had to withdraw, which was a shame but totally understandable - health comes first! I hadn't realised Robert had been through the heart surgery two years ago, so definitely the right thing to do. And then Ugo had to take a week out (hopefully!) due to a back issue - I'm guessing …

It always surprises me how quickly a theme week arrives but here we are with Movie Week, and boy it was such a colourful collection of characters that gathered at the bottom of the stairs as the show began. We were also treated to a gorgeous pro dance opening the show with the wonderful Johannes and Kai taking centre stage - it made me warm to Kai a little bit …

The second season of supremely popular comedy Ted Lasso came to a close yesterday with the final episode wrapping up lots of open threads but also derailing everything for a cliffhanger to lead us into season three. I loved this series just as much as I loved the first one, but it can’t be denied that they are two very different beasts. As I mentioned when I wrote about the …

Nerves ahoy as this is the first week when someone actually gets voted out. After last week's incredible opener, where everyone put in a good show and we saw a minimum of mistakes, I think the nerves and the training schedules started to get the better of some people as there were a lot more wobbles during the evening. But let's see how that played out, couple by couple. No …