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A Big Gulp – I Have a New Neighbour Arriving

I have a rather nervy next twenty-four hours or so as I await the arrival of what I think is a new neighbour, rather than new neighbours. As far as I can recall, it is a single lady in her fifties who is arriving, and whilst that indicates positive news, it is not necessarily the case as living in a semi detached house with walls constructed from tracing paper ...

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More Curry and a Sad Day For Football

I had my second curry night in just over a week on Saturday night, this time rather than Brick Lane in the heart of London, it was off to the Punjabi in Stockbridge High Street in the heart of the Test Valley in Hampshire. Last week I was with my oldest group of friends, this week it was the newer bunch from Broughton. The locations may have been remarkably ...

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Boring November, But Not Long Until Obese-mass

Despite it being the month of my birth, I have always found it difficult to find anything inspiring about November; every aspect of it is about as interesting as painting a coat of magnolia emulsion on a wall then watching in fascination as it turns lighter and lighter through the drying process. If November was a person it would be John Major, if it ...

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A Brick Lane Curry Reduces the List!

I read one of these "Things to do Before You are 50!" articles in a Sunday supplement a while back and it recommended a "Brick Lane Curry." I am not sure where it all goes wrong if you don't have a Brick Lane curry until you are 51, but last week I was just 44, so this left me six years away from danger when we ticked off ...

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Is John Terry a Racist? Are You a Racist?

I have been reading various press reports recently with great interest, the case of the John Terry racial slur has caused journalists to be very careful what they are writing as one false word and their career is over. It is safe to say that any defence of John Terry (who has yet to be found guilty) will find a sports writer becoming the press equivalent of racist ...

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