—- This was originally written on Sunday to keep up with my sort-of New Year’s Resolution of putting something on here every week. —- Since the pandemic began, I have…
Exhausting
When I was driving home from the supermarket the other day, the exhaust on my car fell off. And by “the other day”, I mean last week. As I had…
Stroud
This past week, my hometown has been in the news. And it’s actually for something positive. In case you were unaware, The Sunday Times has named Stroud as the best…
Peep Show
I have just started rewatching Peep Show. And it reminded me just how much I bloody love Peep Show. It is packed full of endlessly quotable lines and hilariously uncomfortable…
Ale
This week, I planted some ale hops. I received them from Stroud Brewery as a reward I paid for in their recent crowdfunder to survive the turmoil the pandemic has…
WandaVision thoughts
This entry is going to be about my thoughts on WandaVision and features spoilers, so continue at your peril. As with the Mandalorian, it’s been really handy to have a…
Mulleted
With the evenings getting lighter and phase one of vaccine roll-out gathering pace, we may be slowly moving out of the worst of this Covid nightmare. But there’s still some…
Shaped like a pear
I returned to performing this week, sort of. One of my favourite ever comedy nights, Pear Shaped, has recently moved online. It was an institution of the London circuit and…
Expanding the menu
When I was living away from home, I had a few meals I would cook routinely. In my first house in London, I would often eat pasta covered in butter…
Council meetings
With Handforth Parish Council making the headlines all over the place this week, I just want to say that I was covering parish council meetings before they got too mainstream.…