I nearly had to laugh yesterday when I read about the case of Colin Farmer, a partially sighted man, recovering from a stroke who was taking a stroll to the pub for a pint.
You see, it turns out that Mr Farmer, 63, was carrying out the offence of using a white stick that somehow (please don’t ask me how) looked like a samurai sword.
So what did Mr Farmer get for this dangerous act? Why he got the taste of a policeman’s taser of ...
When I go out to bat when I am playing cricket, something strange happens to me.
I can hear my own footsteps and literally feel the adrenalin going through my veins as my inner demons begin attacking my confidence from all directions.
As I take my position at the crease, it is as though the world has stopped to watch me fail; even the birds seem to stop singing.
As the bowler runs in, I am almost shaking with fear, not a fear of getting ...
It has been a tough week for the Far Left of the political spectrum these week, with the premature demise of Bob Crowe and the natural passing of Tony Benn, one of the great political heavyweights of Britain in the 20th century and a fantastic writer, orator and campaigner in the 21st century, right up until his passing.
It's quite remarkable that Crowe, a working class Millwall fan from South East London and Benn, a privileged hereditary ...
The great thing about the stand-off currently taking place in the Ukraine is that unlike many of the other territorial squabbles of recent times; it is pretty easy to follow.
In places like Syria, Egypt and Iraq there are so many different tribes and religions, it is impossible to know exactly who is right and wrong as the rebel uprisings are often carried out by groups who are no better than the ones they are attempting to overthrow, hence ...
When I went to the bank the other day, the lady cashier said that something had appeared on her computer screen indicating that I could now do internet banking via a new system that I could use on my mobile phone.
I asked her if it involved downloading an HSBC App on my iPhone.
"It's no use asking me as I am a complete Luddite."
To me this sat up like a great joke that would have her belly laughing at my razor sharp, spontaneous ...