Ever had a really useless manager? I mean useless. Everyone has, and it doesn’t matter how bad your manager / boss was, there will always be someone who has / had a worse manager than you. My first manager, for example, who I will call ‘Mick’—and yes, I do mean YOU from Middlesex, so there!—was a down-right waste of time. He used spray-on hair (shipped in especially from America) and hated the fact that I used language against him. (more…)

Some questions I am comfortable with, not because I know the answer, but because they seem answerable, but defining my favourite David Jason piece of acting? That’s got to be one of the hardest questions out there, ever! That’s just cruel, isn’t it? Once you’ve got over the initial shock, tell the world what you think by clicking the above link.

This question brought me out in a cold sweat when I first read it; I had to watch a (more…)

It has been seven long years since Massive Attack released ‘100^th Window’ and hearing about their new CD was very exciting news indeed. ‘Heligoland’ is the duos fifth studio album to be recorded in a career which now spans more than twenty years.

The much anticipated new album was certainly worth the wait. It is always a bit of a concern that a band with such an impressive back catalogue will come up with a big, fat turkey and (more…)

Hooray for England! Yes, we can rejoice. (Well…almost.)

Despite being one of the world’s—if not number one—most unlikely possibilities for sportsman turned chat show host, Andy Murray has won through to the second grand slam final of his career, beating one of the funniest named tennis players ever: Monaco born Marin Cilic.

Andy Murray makes me feel proud to be British and he should make you feel proud, too; ever since Tim Henman’s failing legacy—no offence Tim, we know (more…)

The Twenty One Balloons is a fascinating work of fiction by renowned French American author and illustrator William Pene Du Bois. I’ve read the book five or six times and it always leaves me with a smile on my face, feeling several decades younger, as if I’ve been on an exhilarating, action-packed journey, free of the ties of the modern age.

Reading The Twenty One Balloons offers a delightful kind of escapism rarely found in fiction both accessible to children (more…)

Now, being a man, well to be more specific, a single man of a “a certain age”, life holds many quandries - Ok - I’ve got to get even more specific, so hear’s the whole deal :-

Being a single, middle aged, father of teenagers, life holds many quandries. These include the problems of single parenthood, making a living and finding a life that you never thought you would have to alter when in marital bliss!!

“Man stuff” gives a (more…)

Now, being a man, well to be more specific, a single man of a “a certain age”, life holds many quandries - Ok - I’ve got to get even more specific, so hear’s the whole deal :-

Being a single, middle aged, father of teenagers, life holds many quandries. These include the problems of single parenthood, making a living and finding a life that you never thought you would have to alter when in marital bliss!!

“Man stuff” gives a (more…)

Not all of us were born into the world of digital music… Some people (like me) found themselves here after spending a good few years in the realms of analogue!

If you have a computer then you will probably also have a lot of your music in MP3 format; but what about all of those old cassettes that you have stashed away in your attic? They may even have a lot of stuff recorded on them that you just can’t (more…)