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I don’t really believe in bucket lists. I’m not a fan of keeping lists of things I want to do before I die. Partly, this is because it seems...

Just as my blogging here seems to be dying off, today I had cause to remember something we did together way back in 2005. Do you even remem...

There’s an article about the “alt-right” on the Guardian today and it introduced me to the strange and alarming concept of “the Manosphere”...

I don’t think I’ve been cool at any point in my whole life. When I was around 8, I jumped a year at school and was generally in classes w...

Ten years ago today, on a whim, I started a weblog .  I was twenty-nine years old. Ten years represents 25% of my entire life, and some th...

About fifteen years ago, right at the start of my brilliant career, I arrived in the office to find one of my colleagues in tears.  I've...

I saw Daniel Kitson performing on Sunday.  He was excellent.  I love the fact that he's a stand up who: a) Sat down for the whole d...

It's thirty years and one week since The Smiths released their debut single, "Hand in Glove".  I realise I'm a little...

You know that feeling when you hear something that gives you a real jolt and you suddenly realise how old you are getting? Usually this ...

If Moroccan roads are any kind of benchmark, it seems that Mercedes Benz cars don’t die: they live forever as long distance taxis. Not an ...

It was on this pitch in 1823 that William Webb Ellis was supposed, "with a fine disregard for the rules of football", to have p...

On 31st August 1991, I was lucky enough to be at Wembley Stadium to watch Guns n'Roses perform live on a scorching hot day.  Apart fr...

It was two years ago this week that we came back from our trip to southern Africa: 21 days or so spent travelling in the back of a truck ...

FIRST YORKSHIREMAN : Aye, very passable, that, very passable bit of risotto. SECOND YORKSHIREMAN : Nothing like a good glass of Château de ...

Ever since I was a teenager, I think it's fair to say that I haven't always seen eye-to-eye with my dad. This is hardly a unique ph...

I had my annual phonecall yesterday evening from my old University. They wanted money, of course. In spite of being one of the richest educa...

I went to the dentist this morning. As I'm sure many of you are all too aware, it's actually quite hard to get yourself onto the lis...

Remember, remember the fifth of November. It was on Bonfire Night, exactly seventeen years ago today, that a good friend of mine asked me i...

After purchasing tickets to various forthcoming shows*, but before heading into the auditorium on Friday evening, Sarah and I had a quick gl...