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Scottish
actress, comedienne, author, playwright & journalist |
THE SCOTSMAN
2008
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are copyright Janey Godley.
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other journalism can be accessed via the WRITINGS link on the left.
| January
7th Petrol-bomb-throwing pensioners.. Deadwood; There Will Be Blood. The old steamies. |
January
14th Heroin and British troops in Afghanistan. Radio 4's Just a Minute. David Beckam's farming equipment. |
January
21st Janey's traumatic birthday. Pantomime in a hospital. The paranoid bin man. Abi's vicious animal. |
January
28th Janey's husband's gold obsession. Brother Mij eats official documents. Prague fat-free. Ashley's Nazi coat. |
| February
4th Auntie Katie and the monkeys. Too old to party. Homeless in Leicester. |
February
11th Gordon Brown's mental health myth. Valentine's night fight. Hero John Smeaton dances. |
February
18th Inappropriate behaviour. Janey working in the garage. Julia goes down the toilet. |
February
25th Brother Mij's rock star pals. Lie detectors and politicians' expenses. A noise in the night. |
| March 3rd How Janey started in comedy. Mother's Day. Men and computers. Old people, hot rooms. |
March 10th Parents have to be responsible. Glasgow Goth clones. Eat or go hungry. The US Thought Police. |
March 17th Janey's perfect husband. Faces smelling of vegetables. Eccentrics forever. Abi's haircut threat. |
March 24th The worst thing Janey has ever done. Soho showbiz daze. Kissing in the street. Auntie Katie in hospital. |
| March 31st The churches are going to Hell. Wrestling with big bras. Cheating at Sudoku. Facing Janey's wrath. |
April 7th Janey's mad home. Living in a bush in Edinburgh. Going commando in London. The Prime Minister's cafe |
April 14th Life Coach call. Modern plastic art. Ashley's birthday. New Zealand flight fear. |
April 21st The death of newspapers. Abi & The Munchkins. Auntie Katie's fat doctors. Edinburgh plans. |
| April 28th Offensive comedy. Living in a suitcase. Wellington's Blanket Man. The terrifying sound of silence. |
May 5th Family holidays from hell. Husband or sex chat line? Diana Ross hair. |
May 12th Being fifty is the new thirty. Crying over bagpipes. Soprano infidelity. Horrible mother. |
May 19th Love sharing cash crisis. Luggage from the airline. |
| May 26th Abortion and the nuclear family. Coughing at comedy. Ashley's exams. |
June 2nd First Aid or religion for Scotland? Abi's anarchic animals. Down the toilet for the Fringe. |
June 9th Making up comedy shows. Mysterious ringing in the ears. Being picked up by men in cars. |
June 16th Bad parenting. The UK government's cllampdown on freedom. Father's Day. |
| June 23rd Janey's credit crunch. Ashley pregnant or joined the Army? What the policemen saw. |
June 30th The death of George Carlin. Glastonbury attractions. Bank robbery for better health care |
July 7th |
July 14th Knife crime & Jeremy Kyle. Chain mail battle. 700 nails, a neutered rabbit & Abi. |
| July 21st Silent marriages. Inverness bedroom excesses. Abi and Janey's Irish doorway dancing. |
July 28th Fringe Box Office chaos. Irritating Glasgow East. Terrified by men in suits at the door. |
August 4th |
August 11th Edinburgh flooded. Losing a tug of war with a seagull. Joan Rivers and Ashley. |
| August 18th Women swearing on stage. Different flowers. Chainsaws in the family. |
August 25th Homophobia and the Church. Steak and white chocolate ice cream. Olympic oppression. |
September 1st |
September 8th Asperger's marriage. Janey's film audition. Waking up with a coo. |
| September 15th Why abandoning children can be OK. Biting into hotel room pillows. Stuff your ideas. |
September 22nd |
September 29th |
October 6th Edible menus in posh restaurants. Don't fling yer granny. Blood in a sock in Dundee. |
| October 13th Banking madness. Recycling poverty. You may think me heartless. |
October 20th |
October 27th |
November 3rd Loving Americans. Obama-rama. The Jonathan Ross, Russell Brand furore. |
| November 10th Working men's club revival. Fighting Weegee women in Catalonia. The missing wedding ring. |
November 17th |
November 24th |
December 1st The hollow pillars of society. Is Britain run by the KGB? The blue skinned disco-goers of Glasgow. |
| December 8th The real pillars of society. A traditional Hungarian Christmas. A horse in bed. |
December 15th |
December 22nd |
December 29th Getting old. Our uncaring government. First footing without drunken kids. |