My abiding memory of Madonna's 'Vogue' is attempting to learn all the choreography for a Dancercise fitness class, and either being able to get the arms co-ordinated or the legs and feet, but never both at the same time... #totp

So in honour of the 1990 #totp Christmas replay - here's me in 1990. With my knees out and Pat Butcher earrings.

Tonight's retro #totp fest has been singularly uninspiring. Was 1998 really this dull? I'm sure I bought loads of albums that year.

OK, we got to a decent tune eventually #TOTP - I won't hear a bad word against REM.

Beginning to question my decision to watch more #TOTP 1998 - Oh Mama it's terrible. Some of these tunes are that bad I forgot them halfway through listening to them.

That's another few #TOTP pulled to bits and snarked over. I should do this more often! Happy weekend fellow music critics.

MUUUUUUUUUTE!!!!!! #TOTP

Is it almost time for the Mute Cliff button? #TOTP. I've listened to some dodgy tunes tonight, mostly from 1998, but I can't lsten to *that*

The best lead singer of The Smiths klaxon #totp

Ohhhhh Climie Fisher <3 I loved them. #TOTP. First concert...

1988 Christmas #TOTP. Eddi Reader appears to have decided not to even bother lipsyncing and is peeling a satsuma instead.

I think 1988 must have been a good year for gingers. Eddi Reader, Tiffany, Belinda Carlisle, Rick Astley, the reds were coming out of the closet! I asked my hairdresser at the time to dye my hair the same colour as Belinda Carlisle. There's no remaining evidence of that. Good. #TOTP

Oh. Enya. Well, my Dad liked her. #Enya.

I forgot how good 1988 was - in more ways than one! #TOTP

Best not-quite-Christmas number one EVER. One of my favourite PSB tracks. Definitely better than the original...

Let's all hear it for 1988 #TOTP - S-Express and no Cher! My teenage sneaking into Hollywood's nightclub and drinking Malibu & lemonades like I was sophisti-ma-cated period....

OK, #TOTP has redeemed itself with Faithless. Although this one's not my favourite. It's still better than Boyzone by a very long mile.

Ally McBeal! Who'da thunk I'd have ended up writing about her in my dissertation about Anne Boleyn and 20th/21st century feminist cliches in 2021? #TOTP

Can I manage another 1998 #TOTP? It's started with Boyzone, I think it's time for a comfort break. Mostly for my eardrums. I can feel my glucose levels spiking at this one.

OK Cher, if I tell you I believe in love, will you stop singing at me? #TOTP. And to think nobody used autotune before this one. Cherilyn has a lot to answer for.

I don't think the Corrs are So Young these days. But then, neither am I. #TOTP. Think I'll take Suede's So Young from a few years earlier.

Bloody hell, Cher was only a few years younger when she sang 'I believe' in 1998 than I am now. Wish I looked like that in a short skirt! #TOTP

Was definitely expecting little from this 1998 #TOTP, haven't watched along for AGES. But the last three tunes have been pretty decent. Chuck us some more 1998 Alanis, Manics, Garbage or Placebo and it'll be *chef's kiss*

I really like the Ray of Light era Madonna. Her voice is at its best then, and she looks fantastic. Fantastic album. How is this so long ago, it feels like last week? #TOTP

Oh. Someone's sampled 'Grease is the word' - I wonder why I'd forgotten this tune? I think I know. #TOTP

Oh. Steven Tyler looks a bit like a mad wizard here. #TOTP

Oh. What have they done to Sit Down? #TOTP

One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential

I just got served up an advert for a post rave supplement on Facebook. Do you think it would work over thirty years post rave?

I have had the kind of cold-fuelled, WordPress influenced, meeting-heavy work day where if I'm left to my own devices with an open Facebook app tonight, I'm going to answer people's stupid questions in Facebook groups with sarcasm, or correct people's grammar and spelling.

I just stopped #totp before "Mississippi" even started. I heard it on one of the old replays years back and I kid you not, I couldn't get that earworm out of me head for weeks. It was driving me crazy. Can someone please tell me when it's gone?

I do not quite believe I'm watching 'Legs and Co' dancing to the theme from Jaws, on an old #totp from 1976. It's scary, alright, but for all the wrong reasons.

If healthcare improvement research matters to you - come along to THIS Space - a completely free online conference about just that. The programme has just dropped and it's looking like another great year - and spaces are limited. See you there! #THISspace2025

Gotta love it when your train gets cancelled on one of the hottest days of the year, forcing you to not only hang around in the sun for an hour and get a steaming migraine, but share the next train an hour later with twice as many bad tempered people as usual, many of whom needed a deodorant top up.

August 11 is always a tough one to get through. Ten years ago today, I lost my dad, after a long illness. My husband died two years later on the same date. Completely out of the blue. So yeah, tough day for bad memories. And it's a Monday this year.

Is it just me, or is Two Tribes by Frankie Goes to Hollywood an absolute gold plated banger of a tune, even if it's well over 40 years old?

There is no better feeling than walking out of the dental hygienist's clinic, safe in the knowledge that you don't need to go back for six months.

I have to say that I didn't have 'chasing a mouse around a barrel of chicken feed' on my weekend bingo card. But there you go... No mice were harmed in the making of this post. Despite curious chickens.

My story set in Suffolk in the 17th century has been published in Suffolk Magazine... I absolutely LOVED writing this!

Just ventured into the local Facebook group and seen a woman asking for recommendations for a nail tech who'll do acrylics on a 12 year old 😳😳😳 I've replied that she's not likely to find anywhere reputable willing to do it and no insurance will cover that age. Bet she does it anyway.

My ❤️❤️... I adored #Fame in 1982. Used to do dance routines in the playground and sing all the songs 🎶 #totp RIP Irene Cara...

I still cringe at the memory of trying to dance to this at a school disco in 1982. Little did I know the song would be played at every wedding I ever went to, well into the next century, so I would be able to practice it. #ComeOnEileen #totp

Yazoo - absolutely class. I saw Alison Moyet live a few years ago and she definitely still has it #totp

Yes Errol, I remember you. You were only on the telly an hour ago #totp

Um, #totp you already played this in 1998.

Best tune so far #totp Chaka Khan, Ain't Nobody... Proper summer groove 🎶

MUTE!!!!! #TOTP I can forgive SAW but I have my limits.

1989 on #totp now. Pretty good year, a new job - the people were fantastic and the social life was amazing as we were mostly young. I met people I'm still in touch with now. That summer the weather was good and I was dating my first proper long term boyfriend. Good times. I can even forgive SAW.