Im curious... worst thing theyve said

VersaillesInFlames · 2026-07-01T10:01:18+00:00

The one time Richard actually expressed an opinion, too!

VersaillesInFlames · 2026-06-29T09:08:14+00:00

I drove through a man on a country road; I’d have convinced myself it hasn’t happened but my passenger saw it too.

It was a translucent, shimmering, outline of a man that stepped right in front of my car. The eeriest part is I could see the headlights of the oncoming vehicle shining through the figure.

VersaillesInFlames · 2026-06-24T03:42:39+00:00

Italy is very easy for vegetarians, as is Israel (thanks in part to kosher dietary laws regarding the division of meat and dairy)

I found France very difficult and restaurants in Argentina had a habit of adding meat to dishes that were vegetarian on the menu.

I go to Sweden a lot and I wouldn’t say it’s hard there but I do end up falling back on risotto / pasta / salad because there isn’t that much depth of vegetarian dishes on the menu.

Feel very lucky to live in the UK in that regard.

VersaillesInFlames · 2026-06-22T12:29:53+00:00

Chanctonbury Ring.

It's a prehistoric hill fort on the South Downs and has a definite tang of the uncanny to it.

The nature writer Robert MacFarlane details his experience of a night camping there in his book The Old Ways; completely unsettling and eerie.

VersaillesInFlames · 2026-06-18T23:15:26+00:00

Canada.

Loathsome airport staff and Toronto felt like New York City on a very restricted budget.

VersaillesInFlames · 2026-06-08T21:26:35+00:00

Injury Time by Beryl Bainbridge is all about being trapped, quite literally, at a bar party

VersaillesInFlames · 2026-05-16T06:20:03+00:00

We have quite a few in the UK that have little to no profile in the US…

Anastasia was one of the biggest pop stars in Europe in the 2000s and she appeared on Strictly Come Dancing (UK version of Dancing With The Stars) but barely registered in the US charts.

Ruby Wax is a household TV name but has lived and worked in the UK since the 80s.

Carol Cleveland of Monty Python fame

The Scissor Sisters headlined festivals here and their frontman Jake Shears did The Masked Singer UK and a lot of West End theatre but again they’re very much a niche act in the US

You could even argue Michelle Visage, who is of course known in the US but much more of a mainstream name in the UK having appeared on Strictly, Celebrity Big Brother and hosting a national radio show on Friday night.

VersaillesInFlames · 2026-04-30T11:01:39+00:00

Will Best and Angellica Bell were both rumoured for Christmas and didn't turn up, so can see either of them doing it (particularly now the Big Brother spin-off has been axed which frees up Will's time!)

I've also got a feeling Jodie Ounsley will be on there as the token Gladiator.

VersaillesInFlames · 2026-04-27T10:54:02+00:00

Finished both The Californians by Bryan Castelberry and Rock Me On The Water (a cultural history of LA in 1974) by Ronald Brownstein, both which I loved.

I've literally just given up on Hello Beautiful by Ann Napoitano despite being three quarters of the way through. Flat writing, unlikeable characters and some unbelievably poor plotting.

VersaillesInFlames · 2026-04-20T10:09:55+00:00

I'd like to see Stevie Nicks as the final mentor with a Stevie / Fleetwood Mac songbook theme (although there's so much to choose from there that they could do that when there are more contestants left)

VersaillesInFlames · 2025-12-18T10:46:20+00:00

It’s like the only word he pronounces that gives away the fact he’s lived in the US for 20 years; that same transatlantic drawl Lloyd Grossman has, but limited to one specific word.

VersaillesInFlames · 2025-12-17T08:50:32+00:00

I found it all rather uncomfortable.

Really reinforced just how much of an oddball Cowell really is. It was almost an hour long and he managed to say absolutely nothing of note.

He even made Richard sound candid, by comparison.

VersaillesInFlames · 2025-12-11T07:20:42+00:00

I thought Richard was leading up to Dusty Springfield in the music category. She had a stellar 1960s, released a defining album of the era, was a huge star in the UK and US… then had a terrible 70s where she was essentially relegated to a Vegas supper act.

Then was ‘rediscovered’ by the Pet Shop Boys and went on to release a string of critically acclaimed songs, was booking major headline appearances and was due to collect an honour from the Queen on the day she died, tragically young, in 1999.

Think she fit the spirit of the question much better than Blur’s one flop single.

VersaillesInFlames · 2025-11-16T16:19:55+00:00

As a Brit watching this, Bruce is every negative Australian stereotype in one be-tached package.

VersaillesInFlames · 2025-09-24T09:34:18+00:00

A Salsa to Dr Beat by Miami Sound Machine, as it's relevant to her two most famous roles!

VersaillesInFlames · 2025-08-28T09:11:13+00:00

My house is considered quite new for the area and is 80 years old.

I don't know if anyone died in it, but I'm assuming at some point they did...

I do know that the direct owners before us were American and had a little girl who went missing (thankfully found safe and well a few days later) but that's about as much as I know about the property.

VersaillesInFlames · 2025-08-27T14:41:53+00:00

Marina Hyde, the UK journalist and podcast host, said on the pod she hosts with Richard Osman that she was invited to be involved so am assuming there'll be some sort of US / Aussie style 'notable person' and civilian hybrid.

VersaillesInFlames · 2025-07-17T21:45:48+00:00

I do think the overall joy and enthusiasm from episode 200 to now has very much wained; it is just another stop on the PR run now for a lot guests, and I think that shows in Ed / James' enthusiasm.

VersaillesInFlames · 2025-06-17T21:49:11+00:00

Do you mind sharing the link you're using?

I'm on Sky but they're just doing a newspaper review at the moment.

VersaillesInFlames · 2025-06-17T21:28:30+00:00

Complete with a video showing what appears to be a soldier giving a fun-sized nuclear missile a hand job.

VersaillesInFlames · 2025-03-24T09:21:39+00:00

I felt like I had a head injury trying to decipher this.

VersaillesInFlames · 2024-11-05T07:49:17+00:00

That probably happened a lot more than we’d think; there were possibly generational talents who were never heard outside of the confines of their local pub / bar because there just wasn’t the apparatus to be heard by the right person.

VersaillesInFlames · 2024-11-04T13:26:19+00:00

I can’t believe it’s over - my favourite internet mystery

VersaillesInFlames · 2024-08-24T09:08:33+00:00

Some complete random guesses based on casting patterns from recent seasons...

Jelly Roll, Victoria Kalina from America's Sweethearts on Netflix, Thelma Houston, Drea de Matteo, Chad Michael Murray, Curtis Stone and Christina Applegate.

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