GANGBANG Corfu-style ~ Nai!

(or whatever the Etonian Corfiot is for 'Yah!')

Couldn't be perfecter timing.

ITV's 'Tale of Two Islands' en transmission and the stalwart Domonic right there for us with all da links.

India Knight in the Sunday Times keeping it real by monitoring the Midian backlash from all us salts of the earth.

Grecian goddess Ariana Huffington's Post also on the case.

Tory toffs dont get it ~ which we knew but the Torygraph puts the bovver boot in.

We live in glorious times: 6 more episodes to go of ToTI and already the natives are restless.

Pempti (25 Οκτώβριος as ever is) promises/threatens to be dishing up tofferopouloi to make even moi sound like Sid James.

Grapevine ~ expect it to be white hot with the 'Normals' hissing and dissing.

Can't wait.Last word for Eileen (of course): "Nothing worse or more harsh than a working class snob." B'boum.

CORFIOTER THAN THOU ~ Tuesday soir, dinner entre les élites. Much jocularity about lower orders' huffing and puffing on Gripevine.

Only 2 episodes in but typical pre-judging and gun-jumping. All agreed jolly good mirror for everyone to hold up to themselves.By the final episode, the 'Corfioter than thou' brigade should have some inkling what is actually going on around the island.

Περισσότερες από ό, τι Κερκυραίος ~ Meanwhile, much water to be passed and many many axes to grind before curtain-fall ... so don't forget, it doesn't actually matter what/who/where Matt takes us in Two Tales: its sole function is as a peg on which to hang our pre-judices.

Exemplary Toff ~ Classic example was dear Marcus who very handily stood in as whipping boy for every imagined slight and posh type under whom those northern tribes have ever rankled.

CORFU FORUM ~ as the series progresses, expect ever-increasing hysteria and wild conjecture, not to mention self-referential bleats.This sort of link will be good for folks who conveniently blur over how the whole thing was set up and the care and detail and conscientious research.

Touching Tales ~ soppy little story about true luhve in Acharavi succeeded by clue that the team were alerted and offered the chance to do 'dogs and donkeys of Corfu'. Very not surprisingly, they declined with all the right apologetic noises: let me guess, 'Lassie' and 'Muffin the Mule' too brayin' barking boring.

TALE OF TWO ISLANDS:

• October 25: Expats and tourists doing their Corfioter-than-thou thing. This week's spotlight on Bernard and Heather celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary during their annual holiday. Particularly look out for Tim and Victoria, who love Corfu so much they built their own house there.
  Rick's babe belters 'live' at the Navigators.
• November 1: Marvel and gasp as a 17-year-old girl struggles to find work over the busy summer season.Guess Who's the former antiques dealer from Kensington 'trying' to live the artistic dream.
• Cheer the lady who came to Corfu for a holiday and decided to stay for good.

"Warm and honest" ~ can't say fairer than that. That's the programme, mind you. It's up to the audience how they behave and react.

Corfu Forum ~ particularly usful in the coming days and episodes for feedback on the 'Corfioter-than-Thou' beefers.

Post Merge - got a bit FancyBoots and started more than one post - just as Grapevine sprouted more threads than we could control with no Mod.