MY ALCOHOL HELL

Happy New Year and yes, I’m one of those annoying bastards who do a detox in January. And I’m not quite sure why, because I do enjoy a drink. Let’s investigate. I love December. My liver doesn’t. That much is clear. My birthday is in December ( I always have a party),...

CD or not CD? That is the question…

So it’s the end of an era. It seems as though HMV is no more. But are we surprised? Are we saddened? Or have we moved on and just being a little nostalgic? I was trying to remember the last time I went in to HMV. I went through a real period of buying lots of classic...

IN SUBURBIA

It’s happened. The big move has occurred. I’m a grown man with family and I’ve moved to the suburbs. I resisted for a long time. ‘How will I stagger home from the pub?’ was the repeated question I posed to my uninterested wife. But the signs were all there. We’d...

BOOKING A CELEB

He came. He saw. He read out the bingo numbers and cleaned out the green room of all alcoholic beverages. But we loved him. Keith, otherwise known as the actor Ewen MacIntosh (but I called him Keith all night), was our star turn at Celebrity Bingo this year and he did...

BECK OFF PEARCEY

I’m reeling a little bit this morning people. I, like the rest of the nation, am waking up to the headline, ‘Stabbed in the Beck.’ Yes, the news that Stuart Pearce is leaving David Beckham out of Team GB. It’s unbelievable isn’t it? He’s the most recognisable...

I SHOULD BE ON A FARM RIGHT NOW

There’s a big gaping hole in my soul this weekend. I should be on a farm frolicking in the mud. I should be at Glastonbury. It was cancelled this year because apparently athletes go to the toilet, just like us and the dreaded portaloo’s were needed for some sports day...