If you haven’t ever listened to the ‘Saturday Live’ broadcast on BBC Radio 4, then you really do need to improve your radio-input outputs. ‘Saturday Live’ is presented by one of the UK’s most famous and big-hearted vicars Reverend Richard Coles. It has an audience of 2.5 million and it broadcasts a refreshing mix of […]
And on the Sixth Day
God Created Manchester – that’s what the legendary t shirt said. But I preferred my ‘Born In The North’ top. Don’t know why. Perhaps I harboured some deep concern that the mention of God and dear old Manchester in the same sentence might somehow be a bit blasphemous. I wasn’t going to post anything about […]
Listen Up. BBC at Best.
Me n’ mine have been asked to feature in the BBC’s ‘Listening Project’ on a few occasions. Thanks largely, to the matters that involve my family’s background, experiences, international work, kids and views on consumerism – and of course, our proclivities for nude rambling across the Trans-Pennine Trail … ok, ok – I’m joshing about […]
Theft of a Feathery Friend
The greatest pleasure of having children is when they Achieve. With a capital A. When they come home with straight A’s, get into the ‘best school’ and then ‘choose’ that highly respected or financially lucrative career path that you’ve been not-so-subtly prepping them for. Ah yes. Nothing more rewarding than when you finally see the […]