It’s almost time for school children up and down the land to skip merrily or trudge wearily back to the classroom. So it’s the season for shiny new pencil cases, holiday tale one upmanship and, of course, new snacks to keep young minds going until the important businesses of jumpers for goalposts at lunchtime. Walkers …
Month: August 2013
If there’s one kind of PR request that I’m likely to say a big fat yes please to, it’s one that involves free food. So when Asda got in touch to ask if I’d be interested in sampling a large chunk of their new Butcher’s Selection BBQ range I, erm, said a big fat yes …
When Xander arrived in the world, he unwittingly set a precedent for what was to come. He snapped his umbilical cord on the way out. I’m not sure how he did it, but like to think he thought “Sod this” and pulled it apart with his bare hands. He and Kate were both fine and …
“All that I know most surely about morality and obligations, I owe to football,” said Albert Camus once upon a time. Yep, aside from being a Nobel Prize-winning author, thinker and the inspiration for The Cure’s debut single, he was a nifty goalkeeper too. And you know what? He had a point! I was over …
It’s been ages since I last took part in a meme, so I was pleased to be tagged in this one by A Plucky Heroine. It’s a belter! Named, of course, after the nightmarish place in George Orwell’s classic novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four and the TV show in which celebrities banish things they don’t like to …
Now that both Dylan and Xander can both be relied upon to mostly walk in the direction we want them to while we’re out and about, we’ve resolved to take them on more day trips. So when Superbreak got in touch to ask if we’d be interested in reviewing one of its attractions, I jumped …
