The Ballon d’Or was awarded to the best player in the world this week, one Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid. Perhaps there was a slight surprise in some quarters that Ronaldo got the nod over Barcelona’s Lionel Messi but there was never any doubt that the winner would...
It’s been a few years now since I had to do this, but the tax man has finally caught up with me and is asking me to submit a self-assessment tax return instead of him working it out from the information he already gets from my employer. I’m not sure what additional...
As a football-mad dad, each Christmas I suffer a slight disappointment that my lad has still not turned into the same kind of soccer nut/bore as I have been for forty-odd years. As the Christmases come and go, this disappointment is slightly tempered by the fact that...
Seeing as it is Christmas, I am going to treat you to a week off from my inane ramblings and incessant book marketing. So, for all you electricians out there, here are my 5 favourite plugs:- ...
As those who follow the blog via Facebook might have spotted, I have taken the rather rash step of pledging to take the pledge during January. What started off as throwaway comment, as part of a general desire to regain some fitness after Christmas, has now grown legs...
