Mental health is an issue. Big issue, apparently affecting up to 40% of 14 year olds, particularly girls. Who, let’s face it, have never exactly been the most stable of genders. Yet 40% is a massive number of kids worried about social pressures, body images or life in general. So the first question is: was – Read More-
I must admit I don’t have much time for the UN. The United Nations! Sounds grand, sounds like some league of superheroes, brought together for Marvel Comics and a movie franchise. A group of men, AND WOMEN, joined in the pursuit of world peace and harmony and happiness. Except its not like that. And its – Read More-
The only times when you’re asked the hard/soft question are when you order eggs for breakfast or when you take your country out of the European Union. There are other parallels. Boris Johnson seems now to have egg on his face. As a consequence of the second situation rather than the first. Theresa May is – Read More-
Do they have orthopaedic care homes? Or ‘sporting care homes’ perhaps? Where old people who refuse to ever slow down in their pursuit of athletic excellence can go and get put back together. To live their lives out being pumped full of steroids and being physiotherapied along so they can play just one more game – Read More-
When you learn a new word you have to re-organise your internal glossary. Otherwise you’ll get it wrong in polite company and be accused of some form of obsessional political incorrectness. My mother always referred in to ‘coloured people’. No Mum, I’d advise, we call them ‘black people’. Oh no, wasn’t black, just light brown… – Read More-
Britain never signed up to the full ‘Schengen’ agreement by which all member states of Europe, plus a few others like Norway agreed to ‘free passage of Europeans between states’. We never signed up because we’ve always had a small-island-mentality and we always will. Not saying it was a bad thing not to do the – Read More-
In an effort to try and reduce obesity, the world’s fastest growing health risk, doctors are now going to send porkers on cookery courses. Exercise classes. So they can eat properly and move more. That will cost about 500 quid a person but they reckon the long-term gain in reduction of diabetes will more than – Read More-
So a normal morning for me is nice. Mel brings me a cup of tea in bed as she leaves to go swimming (I know; spoilt rotten; which I reciprocate, in case you’re worried, on Saturdays when I go to me early martial arts and leave her lounging in bed like a total princess!!). And – Read More-
The i-phone X is coming out. Sorry; THE I-PHONE X IS COMING OUT!!!! Raise the flag and shout halleluyah. Or at least, buy a few Apple shares. If you can afford 1. Cos its gonna be the biggest thing since the abacus. Since the wheel. Since sticky-backed-plastic. This is gonna be massive. It has to – Read More-
The problem with babies is that they are the absolute, total and constant definition of distraction. Even when they’re sleeping you have to keep checking that… they’re still ok, still breathing, haven’t grown wings, taken off, opened the window and gone to check out the neighbour’s tree. You just have to. So when they’re awake; – Read More-