On the way to and from work each day, I keep being overtaken by these kids gliding past me. The first time I did a double take, but then I realised that they were wearing shoes with wheels in the bottoms of them – a kind of trainer-cum-rollerskate. Judging by the number I’ve seen, these [...]
I’ve become addicted to watching Lazytown, broadcast on BBC2 (branded as CBeebies) in the mornings. The programme is made in Icelandic by producer Magnús Scheving, who also plays the lead character, superhero ‘Sportacus’. Magnús, a former world-class athlete, became concerned about childhood fitness and created the show to give kids a healthy role model. The [...]
I couldn’t resist buying this from the otherwise fairly rubbish gadgetshop in Covent Garden. It’s a plug-and-play games console which runs off batteries and contains 6 classic Sega Megadrive games, including Sonic The Hedgehog 2: I never usually play computer games, on console or PC, but this appealed to me purely because when I was [...]