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Enid Blyton never wrote this Famous Five book. But it is a true story – of sorts. Let me explain. It all began not so long ago and, in a land, not so far away (here in the UK actually) in an art [...]

“You just pick up a chord, go twang, and you’ve got music.” The words of Simon Richie. Or Sid Vicious to me and you, the late departed iconic front man of The Sex Pistols. Curl your lip, gel your [...]

Let’s begin with Alan Partridge: “Hi Susan. I was a bit bored, so I dismantled my Corby Trouser Press. I can’t put it back together again. Will that show up on my bill?” Comedy gold. But spare a [...]

Maybe there is such a thing as bad publicity. Consider this. You rent out your posh, fully furnished, seafront house commercially for a few months. You discover the business you rented it to [...]

Love Trek Not so long ago in a world not so far, far away we might have met our life partner down the pub, at a party (remember those?) or at work. That’s now an era viewed through misty eyes and [...]

W.C. Fields was probably right when he coined the old entertainment adage: “Never work with children or animals”. He was, of course, referring to their unpredictability. Given a recent lawsuit in [...]

Let me explain. First off, it’s all basketball’s fault. The NBA (National Basketball Association) started it. NFT’s I mean, or “Nifties” if you prefer. They thought it would be a jolly wheeze to [...]

So much at steak… Shut your eyes. Nice and tight. Now think of a world where farms are vertical, over 20 floors or more, and thousands of acres of grazing land is set to more efficient [...]

Quite what the late, great, transatlantic cultural commentator and messenger Alastair Cooke would have written about the recently resolved dispute between Meghan Markle and the publication of [...]

Or is it. We are, of course, referring to Joe Biden’s support of intellectual property waivers in the belief this move will deliver much-needed vaccine to the poorer parts of the world. At this [...]