Rum, Sodomy and a Radish

Friday, 4th December 2009

Proof that even well-intentioned and useful fads can go too far: the Grow Your Own Vegetables movement has reached a tragi-comic end with the news that Shane MacGowan, the hardest-living poet ever to emerge from the mean streets of Tunbridge Wells, is, well, this...

Shane MacGowan is set to appear in a reality TV programme about growing vegetables.
The Pogues' frontman and his girlfriend Victoria Mary Clarke both take part in the RTÉ One programme, which is called 'Victoria and Shane Grow Their Own'.

In the show, the pair attempt to emulate the plot of '70s sitcom 'The Good Life', which saw characters Tom and Barbara Good attempt to live a sustainable life by growing their own veg and rearing their own animals for food.

However, with Clarke not well versed in gardening and MacGowan apparently providing little help, the couple initially struggle with the concept...

Really? You astonish me.

Filed under: Food (85 more articles) , Ireland (194 more articles) , Pogues (1 more articles) , Television (181 more articles)

Previous Back to Alex Massie Next

Blogs: Martin Bright | Susan Hill | Melanie Phillips | Coffee House | Faith Based

Actions: Print this article | Email to a friend | Permalink | Comments (5)

Post this entry to: del.icio.us | Digg | Newsvine | NowPublic | Reddit

Post comment

Sir Graphus

December 4th, 2009 2:20pm Report this comment

They probably didn’t teach gardening at Dulwich College when Shane went there.

Anne Wotana Kaye

December 4th, 2009 2:54pm Report this comment

What a rum idea, sodomy with a radish. Very 'green' I can see Mark Oaten investigating this project, especially the manure.

Beefeater

December 5th, 2009 12:14am Report this comment

One racket after another.

Snowman

December 5th, 2009 11:19am Report this comment

hands off Shane, you nasty people, he's the idol of the unwashed phylum on the account of having as many (or is it as few) teeth as those abandoned by the arm of the most treasured institution in the history of Britain – the NHS dentistry.

And shame on you Alex, it's Christmas, and the season of goodwill, and the time to play a Christmas carol, and Shane and the Pogues have one to offer, and you’ve chosen this veg rub to go on about…

Is the song still banned here?