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"Life begins at 40" is a phrase I rarely hear these days.  The optimitic part of me thinks that's because people now live long...

Greetings campers (although we’re not camping, that’s next week) and welcome to Corfu. With Jamie hopefully off to the World Scout Jamboree ...

Thanks to the support of many, many magnificent people, Jamie's 12-hour spinathon to help fund his trip to next year's 25th World Sc...

I wrote here  late last year that Jamie had been chosen as a member of the UK Contingent travelling to the 25th World Scout Jamboree in Sout...

Wednesday 2 July 1997 is a date I will never forget. It was the day I met Richard Branson and John Major, and appeared on the BBC Six and Te...

I started this blog in the run up to the birth of our first child, who turned out to be Jamie, and chronicled the early years of his life al...

A notable day today as I had my first dose of vaccine...   ...before getting a long-awaited haircut.  Lots of others seemed to be following...

  It has been a "memorable" few days. I was recently asked to write an article which was published on the same day last month by ...

I ran out of  vitamin tablets this morning so went to Boots to buy some more.  (I take them because I eat a lot of rubbish and not as much ...

Today's Amazon delivery just arrived.  It was a tub of screen wipes (which aren't particularly damp and don't wipe up much) and ...

Well, it's all got a bit crap again, hasn't it? As Leeds folk will be all too aware, the city has become one of the latest parts of ...

As is my habit on a Sunday morning (I'm a dull and predictable animal), this morning I listened to a recording of yesterday's Pick o...

It's the night before the big return to school, for Charlotte at least.  Jamie goes back for a bit on Wednesday in advance of his first ...