Last night I attended an uber-posh antiques fair to support a charity called JDRF (Junior Diabetes Research Fund). Lots of celebs in attendance and even Royalty for people to gawp at – or not depending on how cool people are? Anyway, mooching through the stalls of paintings, clocks, porcelains and other such nick nacks, two things occurred…
Taking my youngest to school this morning and walking my dog at the same time (two birds, one stone) – I did the usual thing and took with me one pooh bag (responsible owner) which I guess is always a risk – but dogs don’t usually do multiple poohs, right? Early in to the walk and…
With four sons – there are rites of passage in life. My boys becoming taller than their dad (two of them so far – two more to come, hopefully), stronger (one of them), faster (one of them), cleverer (three of them), more successful (one of them)… And there are many others of course, including being able to…
Last night, The Impossible was screened on Channel Four – which I watched and enjoyed as much for the memories of seeing this film being made and watching my son in it – and also following the kind comments on twitter. There were some detractors though which is to be expected with anything subjective like…
I was the first ever comedian to appear on Channel Four – well before Jack Dee got his well deserved break and the trendy cool types who reside on the Channel these days – Because I starred in the first movie that ever played on the channel – P’Tang Yang Kipperbang – albeit when I say starred,…
Celebrity golf days can be awkward affairs especially for the average golfer of dubious celebrity stock – and so it was yesterday at the salubrious Brocket Hall for a day in aid for Help for Heroes. To be fair the supply of celebrities was rather on the thin side and why I had received a…
Being funny is frankly, a ridiculous way to make a living. Which is a thought I have fairly regularly – mostly when I am backstage and occasionally and more worryingly, when I am on stage. And given that public speaking is the greatest phobia of them all – most people try to avoid giving a…
Dog walking has opened up a whole new world to me. Dogs tend to play with each other and so naturally, their owners get chatting and I dare say, some owners go on to play with each other as well? And living in leafy Surrey and close to Richmond Park – there is definitely a…
Money is always an emotive issue. Those with too much against those with too little and the intractable arguments this creates. Too much tax, too little, too expensive, something for nothing… People will never agree on financial issues or stories until some security deposit boxes in Hatton Garden are raided. And then we can all…
Yesterday, I went on a speed awareness course – having been caught doing 58mph in a 50mph on the M4 at 1am on my way home from a gig – which after income tax, fuel tax and now speeding tax, it was a gig that was practically a loss for this hard pressed working father of…
