Alan Marsh

It’s was quite the rollercoaster in 2022, with a new King and a lot of Prime Ministers.Not to mention the disappointing World Cup result, the rocketing fuel bills or Matt Hancock making it to the final of I’m A Celebrity.But Glastonbury was back! And the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee got the country firmly in the party spirit.Then the scorching summer gave way to an icy blast that had us hugging our hot water bottles. And Harry and Meghan released that documentary.But even though 2022 was sometimes memorable for all the wrong reasons, there’s every reason to be positive about 2023.And even though the Coronation of King Charles III, on Saturday, May 6, 2023, will be a ‘slimmed down’ affair, we can expect the famous gold coach and plenty of pomp and pageantry.Plus we get an extra bank holiday – on Monday, May 8, 2023.The lads didn’t manage to bring it home, but now the Lionesses step up for the Women’s World Cup.Matches start on July 20, 2023, and run for a month, at venues in Australia and New Zealand.Their Euro 2022 win at Wembley was epic and there’s every reason to hope the Lionesses can lift that trophy.Upcoming movies include Harrison Ford back for a final hurrah in Indiana Jones 5: The Dial Of Destiny, while the pink-tinged trailer depicting Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling hooking up as Barbie and Ken is to die for.Plus what promises to be the wackiest movie of 2023: Cocaine Bear. It’s inspired by a true story of a bear who ingests a truckload of cocaine – and the trailer is quite something.Thanks to our very own Space Man, Sam Ryder, finally breaking our wretched run and coming second to Ukraine, the UK will host the festival of fabulousness that is Eurovision.It’s all happening in Liverpool, and tickets will go on sale for the semi-finals on May 9 and 11, and for the Grand Final on May 13. So whether you settle in for a night with Graham Norton on the telly or head to the city and party till dawn, Eurovision 2023 is sure to be douze points all around. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.