1712.30 CHRISTMAS HANGOVER

As this is my last post of the year so I thought I'd better tie up the final loose end of 2017. So as the hangovers subside (at least till New Year's Day) let's look at my Christmas. 

1712.25 THE CAPTAIN'S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE

At the time I publish this (and if you're in the UK) you're probably sat down to your Christmas Dinner (I'm northern, dinner is at lunchtime - subject for another time) or sat in front of the TV watching the Queen give her address to the commonwealth. There's a chance you've decided to read this in which case I'm honoured, if you're catching up later on then that's fine too. Ok it's time for me to take the time to reflect on the year behind me.

1712.22 WEBCOMIC: ROLLO #37- PARTY

Rollo #37; There's nothing like a little excess at Christmas. Sometimes though we go too far at the Christmas party.

1712.20 MY HIGHLIGHTER'S TELLY PICK (part 2)

So you've gotten through Christmas and you can finally relax and watch some TV. So here's my pick from Boxing Day through to the new year. 

1712.16 MY HIGHLIGHTER'S TELLY PICK

As usual I have been scouring the pages of the festive double issue of the Radio Times to find the seasonal gems to enjoy over the Christmas period. So here's my pick of the top telly this Christmas...

1712.15 WEBCOMIC: ROLLO #36- CHARADES

Rollo #36; Christmas is here and it's time for games. But there's always one who goes that little further.

1712.10 THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS MOVIE

The Christmas season is in full swing and as such there are many festive delights showing on a screen near you now. But what makes a Christmas movie? Is there a winning formula? What is the greatest Christmas movie of all time?

1712.02 WEBCOMIC: ROLLO #35- PIZZA

Rollo #35; Have you ever regretted being a little rash? Especially when you've had a couple of drinks.

1712.01 SANTA CLAWS

Christmas?

I've bleated on about this many times, probably every year. I make no secret that I there are aspects to this time of year that I hate.

1711.26 75 YEARS AT RICK'S

There's no way I could leave this anniversary without passing comment. On this day 75 years ago the greatest film ever made received it's World Premier in New York. 

1711.23 WEBCOMIC: ROLLO #34- BEEF

Rollo #34; There's nothing like a delicious carvery, except when it's nothing like a delicious carvery.

1711.14 DRY MIND

I've been drawing cartoons since I first picked up a crayon. I've always loved drawing and recently I've found it to be very therapeutic and have enjoyed sharing them with others. 

1711.12 REMEMBER THOSE THAT GAVE SO MUCH

If you were reading this time last year you may have read my post for Remembrance Sunday and my daughter who is an Army Cadet.

1711.10 WEBCOMIC: ROLLO #33- WRONG

Rollo #33; A little late this week and Rollo is in the dog house.

1711.09 WHY DOESN'T THE POISON MATTER?

This post has been in my head for a long time now. I've been toying with coming at it from various angles. Recently though I realised that  doesn't matter which way you look at the subject, as long as you look. 

1711.02 WEBCOMIC: ROLLO #32 - WEREWOLF

Rollo #32; The second Halloween special is here and it's time for a party. Trick or treat?

1710.31 ARE DARK FORCES KILLING TRADITION?

It's that time of year again, it's Halloween. A time when kids go around knocking on doors dressed up in fancy dress (usually horror characters), when adults attend parties dressed as the very same. But it wasn't always quite like this...

1710.29 A CHANCE TO EMPTY MY HEAD

Time to relax is important. It's just as important to relax your mind as well as your body. That was the plan anyway this weekend gone.

1710.26 WEBCOMIC: ROLLO #31 - HORROR

Rollo #31; It's the Halloween special and what's more frightening than a Vegan Zombie?

1710.25 CRAMMING FOR THE TEST

It's 30 years since I took my exams at the end of my school life. Big changes happened to English exams the year after, but now they're changing back (sort of). They do say history repeats itself.

1710.21 SICK-EE

I haven't been sick for a while. It's been even longer since sickness forced me off work.

1710.19 WEBCOMIC: ROLLO #30 - AIR

Rollo #30; When a friend visits from the city they may not appreciate the joys of rural living.

1710.16 THE LAST EVER PARENT-TEACHER EVENING

As a parent of older children, well an adult and a teenager, I've seen many of the parenting tasks end. Last Thursday I saw another one end.

1710.12 WEBCOMIC: ROLLO #29 - REVEREND

Rollo #29; It's not always a good idea to seek divine opinion.

1710.10 15 YEAR BLOGGERVERSARY

Ok, it might not be the most popular blog but I enjoy it and it's been around a long time, fifteen year in fact. That's right, I've been writing this stuff for a decade and a half.

1710.08 WONDERFUL EVERYDAY

It's been over 20 years in the making. People have actively campaigned for this to happen. Well the wait was finally over as Sheffield welcomed Ikea to the city last week as the Swedish store opened it's doors to it's 20th UK premises. 

1710.05 WEBCOMIC: ROLLO #28 - MONEY

Rollo #28; Do you ever feel that the gap between your pay running out and payday is getting larger?

1710.04 SWEET SIXTEEN

Being a parent is a job for life. Sure the sleepless nights are over pretty quick, in fact the whole childhood part is over pretty quick so if you've got little ones make sure you're savouring it all.

1709.28 WEBCOMIC: ROLLO #27 - CLUB

So here it is... I'm self publishing my comics on my blog. They will still be available on other platforms but this is the place to see them first.

Rollo #27; Rollo and his best mate Dave hit the town for a lads night out.

1709.27 ALL BAD NEWS

Like a lot of people I have a news app on my phone. There are loads out there that chime to give you the latest breaking headlines. I subscribe to the BBC News app but they're all pretty much the same.

1709.26 ROLLO ROUNDUP #5

From this week I'm self publishing my work so this is the last compilation post.

1709.24 TREKKING AGAIN!

It's been a long 12 years since any new Star Trek was on our TV screens. The time is almost upon us, the long wait is almost over...

1709.23 OLD BILL

Classic TV is something I enjoy. One classic show is enjoying a little bit of a revival on one of our digital channels. It was a particular favourite of mine  back in the day.

1709.21 ROLLO ROUNDUP #4

I've made a decision regarding Rollo and any other webcomic I create. I'll continue to share with other platforms including Tapas but I realised I'm missing a chance to direct any potential traffic to this platform.

1709.18 ALL CHANGE YET NOT

This week has been a difficult one. My head space has been mucked about by life and the reshuffle at work.

1709.11 THE DOUBLE

This year has been great for cycling, at least it has on the telly. When I speak to people generally they have heard of the Tour de France and that's it. Few know that there are 3 grand tours (I apologise to those in the know); Giro d'Italia - Tour de France - Vuelta Espana. It's the Vuelta that I'm going to talk about today.

1709.07 Q

Pay attention 007. I have the latest gadget for you. We all love gadgets don't we? 

1709.03 THE PURGE

Seven years ago I negotiated a new Sky+HD box after my original Sky box started to fail (actually it turned out to be the dish at fault). In fact I wrote a blog post about it at the time. Well I am now in a similar position with my current 7 year old box having intermittent trouble recognising the viewing card.

1708.31 HATERS GONNA HATE

I wasn't going to write this post. I didn't want to wade in to the debate about the supposed danger cycles are to the general population. So why am I writing this? Well I'm just fed up with the hate that's flying around at the moment.

1708.26 I THINK I'LL LEAVE MY HAT ON

Whenever I say where I'm from the usual response is something along the lines of "oh! The place in 'The Full Monty'". Of course they're referring to the 1997 hit movie which was filmed in Sheffield and today that movie is 20 years old.

1708.20 THE LONG DRIVE

Easily the worst part of any trip to my favourite place is leaving. Most know my love for that place, I go on about it a lot, but the heartache I feel when I leave is difficult to describe.

1708.14 POSTCARD FROM CEI NEWYDD

1708.10 UNDERPANTS AND CAR WASHING

It's come around again. It's time to pack for our annual pilgrimage to Wales.

1709.05 WHAT'S WITH THE KLINGONS?

It's been a while since I did a Star Trek blog post. Whilst more and more revelations and trailers are revealed about the latest iteration of the franchise I'd like to look back at my favourite alien race from the Star Trek universe. Of course I'm talking about the Klingons.

1707.31 ROLLO ROUNDUP #3

Rollo reaches a milestone this week with my 20th panel. I hope you enjoy.

1707.28 HIS NOODLEY GOODNESS

I've been to many weddings in my life. Some have been moving, some have been dull. Some have been enjoyable but I don't think I've ever been able to describe any as "fun", until now.

1707.23 TDF ROUNDUP WEEK THREE

The final week came and so did the Alps. With Chris Froome in Yellow and Adam Yates in the young rider's White it was all to play for. It was a still a long road to Paris.

1707.16 NEW WHO

So we were told that the new actor to play The Doctor in 'Doctor Who' would be revealed directly after the Men's Wimbledon Finals. I monitored social media and learned the tennis had finished early so quickly turned over to the last few minutes of the men's final.

1707.14 TDF ROUNDUP WEEK TWO

Everyone who knows me knows that knows that July I spend watching the cycling on telly. It's Tour de France time of course, the 2nd of the grand tours and arguably the most famous. We're 2/3 through and almost at the Champs-Elysees.

1707.12 FIRST BORN - TWENTY ONE

Now I know what you're all going to say, "he doesn't look old enough" but it's true. From today my eldest daughter is 21 years old. It's her birthday!