I heard something on the radio the other day that staggered me so much with its bleeding obvious content I nearly veered off the road.
Basically, it was a study carried out on behalf of the BMA that suggested adults are more likely to increase their alcohol intake whilst they are on holiday or attending celebrations such as weddings or birthday parties.
I instantly imagined the scene in the laboratory of some university.
"Professor, come ...
Make no bones about it, my moderate sporting prowess is beginning its descent into obscurity and whilst at times it can be a source of great entertainment on social media, it does make me miserable as well.
To say my start to the cricket season has been a desperate one, is an understatement, and with scores of 3, 2 (NOT OUT) 0 and 4, my average stands at paltry 3. I took a break on Saturday, choosing to watch instead as I tried to place my ...
When I was at school, modern history was one the few things that really interested me really. I was respectably good at English, art and geography, mediocre at religious education, biology and home economics (though I made a mean fruit salad) and unspeakably bad at mathematics, technical drawing, chemistry and physics.
In fact I was so bad at maths and the sciences, if I had put the results of all three together, I would have still been ...
Here is a line direct from my pre-election post on Tuesday:
"Partly because of greed and partly because of fear created in the press, by Thursday, I guarantee that the electorate will sway to the perceived safety of our masters in the Conservative Party because, by nature, Britain is, in 2015, still addicted to serfdom."
Sometimes it isn't so great being right, but I felt that it was always going to end that way and when the news of exit poll ...
The other day I wrote a spoof post for the Daisy Cutter, an on-line football magazine, about Harry Redknapp jumping on the Bournemouth FC promotion wagon.
The reaction to this was quite remarkable, with over two and a half thousand "likes" in response to it. This was the most publicity I have had regarding a post since I wrote something about Vladimir Putin and the Ukraine and before that, when I got harassed by an aid of Tory MP Caroline ...
