White Stuff

Yes, it's my birthday. And, this year, I have the excuse for a double celebration - because, as one wag felt the need to point out, I...

Whilst Jamie continues his hit and miss approach to potty training, Vanessa and I have taken on yet another kiddie challenge.  Because it...

I stumbled across new HP Guinness Sauce in Asda last night, and immediately purchased a bottle.  But, when I got home in a whirl of excit...

We took the kids to Pudsey Park on Sunday afternoon (not that three-month-old Charlotte did a lot of running around) and stumbled across th...

Above you can see Jamie watching telly on Saturday afternoon. Here he is from another angle. And, by now, the more observant amongst y...

Just days after moving from London to Yorkshire in the autumn of 2003, I remember taking part in a 10k race which involved running up hills...

 As I write, the England cricket team are less than a quarter of an hour away from their World Cup quarter final with Sri Lanka.  And, as...

I'm not someone naturally given to ingenious thinking but, as the father of a boy becoming ever more difficult to dupe, it's someth...

I'm sure I don't have to tell any Great Britain-based readers that Jamie and his Grandma Judy did indeed appear on last Sunday even...

We're back from Charlotte's maiden voyage to Belfast and I'm delighted to report that got on very well with her Ulster in laws ...

Almost three months in, and Charlotte is about to make her first trip to Northern Ireland. And if you're going to do something, you...

We may have bought a new house only eight days ago but, tonight, a much more exciting purchase was completed. Because I am now the proud ...

I really hope you didn't heed my sad plea for you to watch last night's Antiques Roadshow in case Jamie wandered into shot - parti...

Above you can see a particularly girlie-looking Jamie at a recording of the Antiques Roadshow in nearby Saltaire last spring.  I wrote abo...

We had a family trip to see our new house today and, I'm delighted to say, it's even better than both Vanessa and I remember it.  ...

My two nights in London this week were spent under the roof of Wee John and his flatmate Shane -  a top bloke. In pre-dinner conversation ...

I'm just back from London after spending a couple of days in Westminster.  Whilst there, I had the good fortune to bump into Stuart A...

This won't take long as I'm wrecked. Any why might that be, pray tell? Well, if you've read this rubbish at some point sinc...

 Less than three weeks after the big sign was screwed into the front wall, and our house has been sold (subject to contract etc etc). The...

This blog is not meant to be in any way constructive, but I'm nothing if not a giver (with germs my speciality at the present time owin...