Proms are a relatively new phenomenon in the UK, a product of the American influence of TV and films. Prior to 2000 you might be lucky to...

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...

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 o...

Yesterday we were invited to attend my daughter's school for the end of year "Evening of Excellence". Rags had been nominat...

As I get older I'm aware that people in my past are dying, it's sadly a fact of life. I assume that some in my past are gone, ot...

I took today off. Reason being that tonight was Rags' school parents evening. I've always been an involved father, it's m...

At midnight on Sunday we waved goodbye to our youngest, Rags, as she set off by coach on a 3 day school trip to Paris. The followin...

Merry Christmas to All Christmas again. It's been 12 months now since I saw my eldest daughter and the pain of that almost broke ...

Today saw me participating in my youngest's PE class for a second time. Together with other parents and our children we got involved in ...

Last night I went to my favourite (and conviniently located) Indian Takeaway for bhajis. It was closed all last week and I was worried that ...