Sir Anthony Hopkins comes to the Valleys

It’s not every day that Caerphilly in South Wales gets an A-List celebrity visitor.

Today, Sir Anthony Hopkins was in town to unveil a new statue dedicated to Tommy Cooper – who was born in the town.

Hopkins is a big Tommy Cooper fan and did a series of impressions of the comic legend before unveiling the statue.

Fez hats were in abundance and the large crowd was a curious mix of Hopkins and Cooper fans.

Here are some of my pictures from the event and a couple of videos.

Badger-eating man and other gruesome tales

Last night’s telly – Wednesday 23^rd January

I watched the last series of Torchwood with a gaggle of female friends and we’d squeal over the gorey bits and coo and gossip over the sexy bits. Alas my harem of tv watchers aren’t with me for this series but I’m sure we’d be doubly pleased at what the new series has dished up so far. Yes it is silly and yes, John Barrowman’s constant melodramatic posturing is off-putting but that doesn’t stop Torchwood being a great sci-fi romp.