Not only is today Halloween, but it’s also Movemberween. The eve of many men’s yearly attempt to raise some money for charity, while looking splendidly dapper in the process. That’s right, it’s Movember time again, where true gentlemen donate their top lip for 30 days, all in the cause of raising money and awareness for and of [...]
Yesterday morning, I awoke, as I usually do, just before my wife’s alarm goes off, at around about 6 o’clock. This means one of two things. One, that my wife will be leaving for work soon, and two, I can then go back to sleep for another hour or so. Imagine my surprise when I [...]
Last weekend saw the annual Calverhall and Ightfield Family Fun Day, as always, a great day out. My favourite part of the day is the display from the Whitchurch Dog Display Team. They always put on a great show, and it’s clear to see the dogs love it as much as the handlers do. The [...]
There is no easy way to say this. Steady yourself, and try not to stress about it. I am sat on the toilet at work. There. We all do it, it’s nothing new. So, I am sat, doing what mother nature intended, playing Angry Birds, and I hear a noise from a different cubicle. It’s [...]
It’s quarter past 7 on a Friday night, and I find myself in a queue at a leisure centre in Stoke. We’re here for some roller skating, having seen an advert that said you could turn up to have a bit of a skate around. But something seemed wrong. I glanced around. And then, it [...]
Frank Turner’s 4th studio album, England Keep My Bones is out to buy on Monday 6th June, but you can listen to it right now, using the player just below. There’s a little slider on the right, Wessex Boy isn’t the last track. Amazon.co.uk Widgets
All The Young. Remember the name. You’ll quite likely be hearing a lot more about them in the coming months. They are supporting Morrisey at the Victoria Hall in Stoke in early July, and also the hugely popular Wakestock festival a few days later, before heading off to Vancouver to finish their debut album. Reported [...]
After all the memorabilia type posts of late, I thought I’d just try and get a little bit of Photoshop experimentation under my belt. One of the things I’d really like to get into is graphic art, and although I’ve had a few goes (see my gallery), I’ve not really been able to give it [...]
Every time Memorabilia in Birmingham comes up, both me and my wife agree that we will absolutely give this next one a miss. And every single time, they manage to pull a couple of amazing guests out of the bag, that pretty much mean we simply have to go. Last winter, it was Angel Coulby [...]
The horde shuffled forward slowly, dragging their feet, one painful step after another. The occasional grunt aside, they were silent, inching ever closer to their goal. I was one of that horde. Earlier that day I had arrived as a relatively normal human being, at the Mercure hotel in Cardiff, for the first Cardiff International [...]
