The magnificent seventh season of the CofE is nearly upon us. Managers across the universe are putting the final touches to their squads and dreaming of the ultimate prize in fantasy sport. Yet before a ball has been kicked an angry war of words has broken out. Accusations of foul play, match fixing and […]

Departure day from London and I’m feeling a lot of trepidation. Don’t get me wrong, we are moving to a beautiful place near Exeter with an incredible view looking out towards the Exe estuary. We’ve had this bungalow re-modelled and created a brilliant living space. It’s fully accessible (if you didn’t know I’m in a […]

Hopefully everyone West side is ok. Shocking news that the death toll could reach over 600. If ever there is an example of extreme global warming this is it. Greece had very similar fires in the summer and moorland across the UK simmered away consistently throughout the heatwave. God knows what the winter is going […]

A word from the ‘Real thing’. I did alright from the Empire, my wife worked there for many years and I enjoyed the benefits that came with it. However the move by local authorities to ban the lorry is a positive outcome judging by the obesity epidemic plaguing the West. I know it’s about individual […]

I like the new ‘War on Plastic’ campaign. It’s an upgrade on the current wars we are fighting, like ‘drugs and terror’ supposed conflicts, forced upon us. This war has meaning though and could make a big difference for our planet. It’s one we have to fight. To win it though ultimately – we have […]

I have few regrets in my life, but like all of us nothing is ever perfect. In hindsight I made some bad job choices, was let down by certain friendships and made the occasional monumental fuck up. If given the opportunity to travel back in time, then yes, I’d probably tweak this and that, but […]

What ever happened to daytime talk radio. In recent months I’ve been getting so bored of BBC 5 live and have decided to tune out. Its corrosive diet of servitude and fear, poured out by presenters who sound like they were born in the same pod is trying. The women all sound hoarse, like they’ve […]

As season 5 of the CofE came to its dramatic climax in May, heavy weights Clash City and Brucuresti, apparently slugged it out for the title. Reigning champions, City, easily held off Bruce Elliott’s challenge, but it was the incredible finish by Hollywood Babylon that had James Coke sweating. The West coasters trailing 60 points […]

  I’d never heard of ‘Britain’s Best Home Cook’ – the BBC’s new cookery show with Mary Berry and Claudia Winkerman. So, when I got a call, inviting me to apply for the show in late October, I was delighted. It’s not often one gets headhunted and I was confident I could be an able […]

So I went to see my neurologist yesterday for the results of my recent MRI scan and last years chemo treatment. He showed me the scans of my brain (what an organ that is). Anyway he dissected the images of it, showing 12 lesions dotted around the grey matter. He pinpointed the live one that […]