Another benchmark this week in married life with Paddy heading off to university for his art foundation course leaving his parents’ home alone for the first time in years. Blimey, the opportunities this presents… Never to run out of milk. Or to have milk but for it always to be in the fridge and not…
Apologies for the flurry of golf blogs coming your way – but as you know, my writing reflects my movements… Last night, I was at a posh golf club for a gig. Two hundred people for dinner, after which I was due to stand-up for half an hour and make everyone laugh. A tough job…
Writers hope for many things. Riches of course with bountiful book sales. And awards too, why not? Adaptations for screen and or television. Or a play in the West End or Broadway. Even a musical. The possibilities are endless for writers to dream about. But above all, writers just want to be read. Even if…
With a marriage as long as mine (ours) with four kids raised (almost), naturally, there will be scar tissue that has gathered. Niggles which I will try to demonstrate here and illuminate my life just a little. Heading to some local shops this week to buy food for our evening meal, on getting into the…
I shouldn’t really complain because it’s a phase that all boys go through. Or most boys anyway and me included in my youth. The desire to be ripped like Arnie or Sly because this is what girls are attracted to, right? Mmm… But in my day, my attempt at achieving a phwooooar body (ill-fated) had…
I note that Tom has a splurge of publicity of late with the impending release of his new movie Cherry and including a front cover for Esquire and looking suitably sultry. More on Esquire to conclude – the word I mean and not the magazine. I’m not much of a reader of such mags and…
So when my school contacted me a while back and asked whether I would say a few words at their centenary celebrations – I said, ‘sure, why not?’ – casually as you like, thinking that it would in my old school hall – and not the bloody Royal Albert Hall. Er, that is 5,500 people…
…What is the most valuable thing that out tiny island has ever produced? And still produces today? Something that is so valuable, it is impossible to put a value on it. Something which is sought after over the entire world. An undisputed world leading product. A product which the whole world envies and the entire…
Interesting thing being famous – or trying to be/remain famous. I am not terribly bright. I am certainly not very well educated and what I have gleaned over the years, I have trouble retaining. And given how we revere ‘intelligence’ in our modern society – the idea of appearing on a television show designed to…
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