In a summer that's been obsessed by the football World Cup I finally get my little oasis of pleasure with the best sporting spectac...

* A British Institution, often maligned and taken for granted, this week this pillar of our society turned 70. I thought I'd look how...

Nineteen years ago this very day Morticia, for reasons only known to her, agreed to marry me.

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...

You'd have to have been living in a cave to realise that there is a little football tournament going on known as the World Cup.

Most people who commute by bike have to carry some sort of luggage with them. Be it a change of clothes, a uniform, sandwiches or even to...

I left school 31 years ago. I remember it well. There was no fanfare, no prom (we didn't have such things back then) no gathering or ...

Time is a commodity I don't have loads of at the moment. When I do get a precious moment I am so tired I don't feel like doing an...

The first of the Grand Tours is the Giro d'Italia, basically the Tour of Italy. I love bike racing and especially love the spectacle ...

A few of years ago my position at work was put 'at risk'. Then came the dismantling of my department and the merging with another...

Been a bit out of sorts recently so drawing has been pretty much down my list. Hope you enjoy my little comeback.

So my birthday has come around again. As I get older they seem to get closer together. It's been fortunate that my birthday has falle...

Sometimes everything just gets on top of me. My world detaches from my mind and I lose my way. Why? I wish I knew. I don't have a rea...

I've been really busy with work and other things so this has been waiting in limbo for a while.

I watch local news a lot. I like to be informed about what's happening around me. But local news has an annoying habit.