Yesterday, a good friend of mine experienced the deep joy of becoming a father for the first time. In amongst the glee of knowing that he will now, finally, suffer all the inconvenience and both sleep and life deprivation that I suffered through eight years ago, I...
What a roller-coaster of a week this has been? First of all Wigan Athletic only go and win the FA Cup at Wembley Stadium against the mega-rich Manchester City and then, while we are still all as high as kites on euphoria, adrenalin and God knows what else, they go and...
Alex picked “rubbish inventions” for this week’s 5-4-Friday topic as he reckoned that he has some pretty good candidates for me to talk about. As I had nothing particular in mind for this week’s effort, I decided to let him have his head and brief me on his ideas....
Sat in the freezing cold at Walton Hall Park in Warrington last weekend, I was watching some kids spinning dizzily on a little roundabout and getting quite nauseous at the sight of it. I’m a big fan of fairgrounds and theme parks in general, and particularly the big...
Given that it’s Easter and its association with fluffy bunny rabbits, plus the likely imminent arrival of a new pet chez Griffin, I have dedicated this week’s 5-4-Friday to all things animal. Well, not quite all things animal; some subjects are simply not suitable...
