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Richard McComb

Richard McComb

Mandy and the dodgy jumper – it can only mean bad things

Oh, Mandy, what were you playing at? Read

You just don’t realise how funky my Funky Chicken dance is, kids

The BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing is the best show on TV ever because everyone in our household watches it, except me. Read

‘Millions’ created by spin doctors is just waffle and hot air

My regular column in The Birmingham Post has boosted the West Midlands’ economy by £15 million in the past year, according to an independent and completely unbiased study by international media analysts McComb Consulting. Read

Time to get tough on child sex abusers

Several years ago, we lived in an ill-starred rented flat in a convivial cathedral city. Read

Stevie Wonder at the Birmingham NIA

Richard McComb reports on the opening night of Stevie Wonder's European tour at the Birmingham NIA. Read

No danger from creating a black hole? What do they take us for?

When anyone, particularly a scientist, tells you there is nothing to worry about, you know damn well there is only one thing to do: worry. Read

Life is about living for today so forget about tomorrow

As you read these words, I will be driving back up the A14 from Stansted airport before looping on to the M6, destination Brum. Read

Music downloads a bit like having strawberries without the cream

It’s download this, download that and download the other and there is a significant body of compelling evidence – well, me – pointing to the fact that this may not always be a terribly good thing. Read

Why DIY should be turned into a no holds barred Olympic sport

For some reason, my words of encouragement did not go down well. Read

Funtime over as Frankie's dream collapses

“I struggle with the weight”. Those were the prophetic words of Birmingham boxer Frankie Gavin when he spoke to Richard McComb at his final training session in the city before setting off for the Olympics. Read

Hotel du Vin falls just short

We are enjoying a family bash in Birmingham’s Hotel du Vin when we are hit by one of those “Well, I never …” moments. Read

Slimming down can leave the PM, and you and I, full of beans

If Manuel Uribe can do it, so can you, so can Gordon Brown, and, most importantly, so can I. Read

Don't let your beach break read become the story of the blues

It is not the weather, the food, the scenery, or watching the tent burn down – it is a book that defines a holiday. Read

Getting papped when you least expect it shatters the fragile ego

We are obsessed by obesity and anything bordering on tubby, and thus newspapers are splashed with pictures of celebrity chaps with “moobs” and ageing, dethroned catwalk queens flashing flabby, cellulite-stricken thighs. Read

Piccolino is an offer you can refuse

Does Birmingham really need another Italian restaurant, asks our intrepid critic. Read

You are welcome to anything you can find in the McComb bins

In the new era of food frugality, I would like to invite any of you to nip round to my house tonight and help yourself to any edible treats you may find stashed in my rubbish bins. Read

The art of creating a Champagne moment

It’s a rotten job, but someone’s got to do it.  Richard McComb limbers up for summer with a Champagne marathon. Read

Viva Espana as the ruthlessly efficient Germans finally get done

We thought it was all over – but it isn’t yet. And for that we must say: “Muchos gracias.” Read

Wafer-thin turkey and cucumber portions on the menu this year

If you eat in the sort of places I eat in, you'll be familiar with the concept of a menu degustation. Read

Doobie Brothers legend McDonald plays Birmingham

How many white singers are capable of pulling off creditable performances of soul classics immortalised by Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles? The answer, probably, can be found on the fingers of one hand. Read

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Richard McComb is a columnist, writer and restaurant critic for The Birmingham Post. Likes: Stevie Wonder (1963-1982 output); taking the long view; beaches; jumpers for goalposts. Dislikes: (Amongst others) enablement; spitting; the short straw; double maths.

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