Watching the 6pm news on BBC this evening, I was intrigued by the state of mind of Ms Natasha Kaplinski. Admittedly the news was not particularly cheerful, but did she have to be quite so torn-faced about it? Not for the first time, she seemed severely miffed about something. By contrast, her colleague - old Dermot - was his usual cheery self. If Ms Kaplinski doesn't want to read the news, perhaps she should give way to one of her colleagues who is prepared to evince a little more enthusiam.
By contrast, Gail - the Reporting Scotland weather girl - manages to convey even the most dismal weather forecast with something approaching optimism. She also successfully avoids the robotic staccato movements of her colleague, the otherwise irreproachable Heather the Weather. Young Gail manages to leave the viewer with the feeling that, even though the weather may be taking a turn for the worse, God's in his heaven and all 's right with the world.
Or maybe I'm just getting old...
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I put Ms Kaplinsky's expression - and her sylph-like figure - down to her exclusive diet of slices of under-ripe lemons.
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