A.R.S.E.D! – sneak preview

My second book, A.R.S.E.D! is due to be released in time for Christmas 2012. Check out the Hello! option from the site menu for more information on what the book is about. For now though, from towards the beginning of the book, here is a little taster of what you can...

5-4-Friday… 5 ugly footballers

Far be it from me to tag somebody else as ugly, but here – to kick off the first of a new regular slot on the blog called “Five For Friday…” – is a list of my five favourite ugly footballers. But, as with most subjects, it is all about personal tastes and...

Testing, Testing

The world and his wife is full of disgust and revulsion at the moment at the revelations that Lance Armstrong cheated his way to all those Tour de France titles, and quite rightly so. We have always known that cycling was riddled with drug cheats but somehow, we...

My (clever) left foot

We all know that the game of football is littered with clichés and hackneyed phrases. Commentators, managers, pundits and especially players resort to using these same phrases at the drop of a hat – oops! – rather than dreaming up something original to say. Perhaps...

Red (sticky) Tape

Back in September 2011, the NHS abandoned its nine-year IT project that had, up to that point in time, cost just under £12 billion. They gave the US firm contracted to build the system a further £2 billion on top of that, presumably for the inconvenience of its staff...