Monthly Archives: April 2013

The news from Boston is not good. In fact my parents are in Boston. Luckily my mum posted on facebook that she was fine and back at the hotel safely. In a masterpiece of understatement my sister replied ‘good’. Never … Continue reading →

This morning an opportunity came my way. I wasn’t eligible. The story could have ended there. I did something I wouldn’t normally do. I thought about whom I knew that matched the opportunity. I contacted that person and told them … Continue reading →

I thought I’d up the read-count of some of the articles I’ve written for the comedy website Chortle. In Singing The Blue I wrote a defense and celebration of musical stand-up comedy, one of the more maligned forms of the art. … Continue reading →

I like travel. I really do. It broadens the mind. I like gigging. I like the series of 20-30 minute performances you get to do around the place. So surely a day filled with a series of 30 minute to … Continue reading →

The policy that the bin men use of only collecting a bin whose lid is fully down is problematic. One obvious problem is that the full bin doesn’t go away if they decide not to collect the rubbish. The main … Continue reading →

Progress is a funny thing. Once you’ve moved forward, the position you were in looks different from that perspective. To take a step forward is inherently risky and can even reduce the position you were in. But we only move … Continue reading →