Bond in a bottle
Some six months after I whimsically requested a free sample of the new 007 aftershave, I checked my postbox this morning to find a card with a slim plastic sachet…
Love Bites
Just lately, I put together a poster for Love Bites. They run several nights a year producing one-act plays and doing rehearsed readings of new writing. The next night is a…
A brave new world
One of the things I used to love most about working in print was that you could write an article, send it into the black hole of someone’s inbox, and…
Frosty siestas
I was reading lately on the BBC website about the Nordic practice of putting babies outside for their naps, even in the dead of winter. Interestingly there doesn’t seem to…
One-pot Moroccan veggie stew
Another one for Scouting magazine’s excellent Get Active supplement.
King of the NCP
Lately I have been enjoying the extensive press coverage of the discovery of a spindly Yorkist child-slayer stuck under a car park in the Midlands. Mary Beard may well have…
Helpful instructions
One of my mum’s hobbies is quilting, for which she uses a pen with ink that disappears over the course of a day or so. As if having a hobby…
My top five everyday gadgets
I’ve never been one of those fellows who are romanced by gadgets. As far as I am concerned, they mainly fall into four categories. Things which make a simple task easier, but…
Temperance for the modern man
My main challenge of this month has been that abominable test of willpower known as the dry January. This is my twenty-third day off the sauce, and I can say…
