On the morning of the General Election results of 2017, one of my favourite comedians, Mark Steel, declared; “We’re in a new country now.” I couldn’t help but agree with him. Political awareness and interest has (finally) been pricked here and I take my hat off to the young people of the UK who quickly […]
A Royal Irrelevance?
“I’ll get you a drink, Mum” said my 9 year old lad. This being the rare occasion of an offer, I allowed the boy to make me a brew of my favourite Lancashire meets Yorkshire concoction (Manchester’s Vimto with a splash of lemonade from Huddersfield Aldi.) “And I’m going to choose you a nice mug,” […]
To Parent. Or not to Parent.
Oh, the irony of it! As I left the house in the early hours of this morning, I yelled at my eldest; “YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW I HAVE HAD TO PUT MY LIFE ON HOLD – IN ORDER TO BRING YOU UP! YES! I USED TO *HAVE* A LIFE OF MY OWN YOU KNOW!” […]
How We Murder Sleep
At last, the mainstream media have been following my blog en masse and have decided to invest the BBC’s money in investigating whether my sage advice on parenting and lifestyle in general, is as wonderful as we all know it to be. Only joking. But I do have to say, that it was smashing to […]
More Than Just The Thought (far, far more)
“It comes to something, when you’ve got to be told by the bloody media and Twitter or whatever – to remember to be kind to someone,” a grumbly old sod just said to me. This person has a point. But on the other hand, for so many of us life today is super-duper fast. We […]
Harassment? Or Hilarity.
An elderly chap named Gerry told me the other day; “Saw you out running, love. I beeped at you. But you didn’t notice. Blind as a bat, you are.” I gave him a look. “Just count yourself lucky,” I replied “That you didn’t get two fingers from me. Or one. Because that’s my standard response […]
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