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Recently I was out and about with Wannabe and we ended up talking about the “treats” that we could not fathom giving up no matter how bad the recession became.  When I told Wannabe what my favourite treat was and why I would never give it up as long as I was in London, her response was “How can you have been doing this for however many years... [Read more...]

Put it down to the post Christmas Wallet Squeeze or even put it down to the recession if you want.  It seems to me that, at the moment, almost every restaurant in London has some type of deal to entice you in to eat copious amounts of their food – which for me is like going to heaven. As a result of having a multitude of restaurants (that have a... [Read more...]

Over the last few days Twitter has been ablaze with the #kickcancer hashtag (hashtags for those of you that don’t know is a way to highlight a keyword or phrase on Twitter) – and you may have seen that I made a comment about the cause on facebook – but there are some things in life that deserve more than 140 characters.  So hence a dedicated... [Read more...]

Merry Christmas Everyone Well, I am about to head down to Wales for a few days over Christmas.  Katie (aka Smelly) and I have hired a cottage down on the coast where I intend to do nothing but sit in front of the open fire and drink, read, eat, maybe consider moving so that we can to head down to the local pub, and start preparing myself for the new... [Read more...]

For those of you that live outside the UK, one of the very dear and cherished Christmas traditions is that of the family pantomime.  Every year thousands of families trek off to the theatre together so that they can partake in the panto, heckle the cast and yell out “he’s behind you” And every year the one of the draw cards of the panto is which... [Read more...]

Today during the UK Budget, it was announced that a levy of 50% will be applied to bank bonuses of more than £25,000 for this current financial year. Well, I have a few things to say about that. Yes, I agree that the implosion that we recently saw leaves a lot of unanswered questions and has had a horrendous impact.  Whilst I have been lucky, I have... [Read more...]

Drrrruuuuummmmm roll please…. Any of you out that there know me, know that I have a love of photography – especially when it come to being behind the camera.  It is a love that I seem to have inherited from my Mother (although our styles are VERY different). And many of you also know that I have been working on a photographic section of my... [Read more...]