Boy, is it windy today, or what? It is fairly rare to get any proper wind in that London. I was awoken to the sounds of my windows rattling and the front door banging, even though it was locked. I was soooo happy it was a Saturday so I could lie in my nice warm […]
Yesterday I attended a training course in Victoria (London not Australia). I found the course to be rather irrelevant and wearisome. There were far too many time consuming exercises and not enough theory. However, I do now have a qualification from the Press Association and I did get to spend a day out of the […]
“Try it again Nelson, but this time try singing in tune and with more feeling.”
“I’m trying Nap, I just can’t get into it until I’ve had a drink.”
“You know it isn’t Miller time until four o’clock Nel, so just try your best.”
“This corset isn’t helping either, I can’t get a proper breath.”
“Loosen it up Nel […]
I was flicking through the TV channels on Saturday morning to, unexpectedly, come across live coverage of Mansfield Town on BBC1’s Match of the Day. They were playing Middlesbrough in the FA Cup. I know it is very unusual for me to write about any kind of sport, never mind football. I admit, I am […]
The BBC is on the brink of broadcasting its new series Ashes to Ashes. It stars Keeley Hawes as DI Alex Drake and Philip Glenister as DCI Gene Hunt (total Hunt). It will be set in the 1980s and the present day. I am really looking forward to it. I loved the previous two series […]
“I just don’t get it Nel, what is it with modern music? It all sounds the same and the bands all look stupid. Listening to the radio makes me feel broken.”
“I know Pip, but there are some great new bands around. What about CSS, The Cribs or Foals?”
“No, you’re wrong, they’re all rubbish.”
Pip is yet […]
The recent near disaster on runway 27L at Heathrow Airport reminded me of my own aerospace adventures. The Air Accident Investigations Branch believes there was a problem with the engines on flight BA038, which failed to respond to a demand for increased thrust. All 136 passengers and 16 crew on the British Airways flight survived. […]
According to experts and psychologists, today marks the most depressing day of the year. It is a Monday, it has been a long time since December’s payday and it is unpleasant weather. (If you work in the City then the plunge in the global stock indexes must have been a great start to the week.) […]
3am. I am woken by the sound of mooing. It must be a dream. I fall back to sleep. Again, woken by the sound of mooing. Boy, am I confused. If I lived in the countryside maybe this would be a regular sound. Living on the Mile End Road I am used to people shouting […]