Day forty three of The Big Brother House on Channel Five. And a sheet metal worker from Reading has got her head stuck in the cat flap whilst looking for wet wipes to remove the yoghurt from the wetsuit she’s been wearing in the salad crisper of the fridge. Meanwhile the Scottish female impersonator, with the …

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First published in 2008! I have just returned from a whiz around the Med. Yes, seven glorious days touching ashore in Greece, Italy, Turkey and Croatia. Idyllic! Well, I should point out that I touched ashore, my pants didn’t. As I arrived in Venice, I was greeted by that stark view of a carousel turning …

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Not happy with destroying the tumble dryer with washing up liquid a few weeks ago, last week I have turned my attention to the plumbing. Bleeding radiators! With the fact that winter is just around the corner, I thought I would purchase a radiator key and set about checking for trapped air. It’s not something …

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Isn’t bank security marvellous these days. I was standing in mine only last week and I started to look around. I took in the thickness of the glass, the cameras and the clever metal draw where you can loose a finger paying in a bag of pennies. Out of sight there are the ‘chip and …

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Hello, yes it’s that time of year again so welcome to your refresher ‘back to school’ driving course from Uncle Fitz’s school of motoring. If you having been off the school run for the last couple of months, you may be a little rusty and now that our precious little bundles of joy are back …

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