I am not trying to sound intellectual here but when I am traveling for work, as I seem to do a lot lately, I have started listening to BBC Radio 4 in my car.
This is because early in the morning, I can think of nothing more irritating emanating from my car stereo than local radio disc jockeys, who, if I am entirely honest, need knee capping.
Actually I lied, there is something more irritating than local radio disc jockeys and that ...
According to varying sources, there are 370,000 babies born in the world every day. Wow, that's a lot of babies and a lot of couples rejoicing at the little bundle of joy that has arrived in their lives. The reality of course, is that many of them will actually be little bundles of misery born in to poverty, abuse and even starvation.
But let's forget about them right now, as we have a new Prince to rejoice, a bundle of joy to bring the ...
When I was watching the cricket on Sunday morning, I had to have a serious word with myself about my attitude towards the Australian cricket team.
This is because as Shane Watson left the field looking bemused and beaten, I didn't feel my normal sense pleasure at an Aussie in turmoil, I felt real pangs of pity at him and his team’s plight. Australia, a decade or so ago, were the ultimate cricket team, bludgeoning the like of England ...
We Brits are a funny old bunch when it comes to the weather. After five successive summer wash-outs that have wrecked fetes, barbecues and sporting events, the last few weeks have offered a long awaited prolonged spell of decent weather and as a result, the first murmurings of dissent are upon us.
When you go to the weather websites, they are littered with grave hay fever and heat wave warnings. It seems as if though all this heat is ...
The last time I checked on my passport, it stated that I was British, not English or indeed half English and half Scottish. As a consequence of being British, when I watched Andy Murray dismantle the world number one tennis player, Novak Djokovic, on Sunday, I found it rather enjoyable.
The reason I found it enjoyable is because, just like all the Olympians last summer and indeed the British Lions on Saturday, Murray was representing Great ...