So long.... - Dear Readers, Thanks for supporting this blog over the last few years. Writing it has been an absolute pleasure, though the time has come to shut this part...

The Budget that never was - The penny seems to be dropping today that it wasn’t Wednesday’s Budget that mattered but the one that follows it. If the Tories win power, they’ll dress it ...

Back into Triathlon retirement - for good! - My retirement from triathlon didn’t last long. Not even a month after the London Triathlon and the bug bit. I was waking up to a 6am alarm call to head to ...

Life's like a box of chocolates - Well, they saved the best to last...as, thankfully, a not-very-entertaining series of The Apprentice ended on a high. And not only was it the last episode;...

Would you, though? - The following just turned up in my Inbox and I had to share. Austin Healey and his twin daughters Bibi-Dee and Betsy are launching the new Huggies Little...

Unity at Stags is encouraging for future - MANSFIELD Town are a club who have taken a hell of a lot of criticism over recent seasons. During the Keith Haslam era, the Stags never seemed to be far fro...

Thoughts on PMQs... - For the first time in a long time Gordon just about came out on top today, albeit sparring with an opposition leader who had tied his hands behind his back...

Punch drunk - I’M normally quite a calm person, but the Olympic Games has got me fighting mad. The Frankie Gavin weight farce; Bradley Saunders’ statement that he is glad...

Not enough cash to make a real difference - The city council plans to spend £180,000 over the next three years to improve cycling routes in Nottingham. It’s not a lot of money. It might bring some sm...

Association angst - Colleagues of mine asked this week if I'm a member of THE allotment association. My blank expression said it all. I didn't know there was one. But, of cou...

Age is no obstacle - The reaction to Greg Norman’s performance in the Open Championship has been nothing short of remarkable. No, not the fact that he had to pay his ex wife $1...

Why does it always rain on me? - I SHOULD be high in the Alps right now, looking out across Austria. I should be excited about exploring ice and mammoth caves inside the Dachstein mountain...

To Hennef and Back - IT was perhaps an omen as, sitting the departure lounge of East Midlands Airport, the music in the neighbouring bar (and I wasn’t actually in it, 9.30am is...

Time we said goodbye - …of course, nobody *really* thought he was regenerating, did they? Still, that ‘regeneration energy’ business struck Team Watcher as slight swizz, as if Ra...

Homeward bound - As I arrived at Boston Logan Airport for my flight home after seeing Neil Entwistle jailed for life, I couldn't help but think of the double-murderer makin...

My Antiques Roadshow shock - *The following might come as a shock to anyone who regularly watches The Antiques Roadshow.* You know the big reveal - the bit where a keen collector is to...

Out of place - My mother was serious about etiquette, especially when it came to table manners. My brother and I were instructed early on in the proper way to hold silve...