My 2am football call

My 2am football call

I thought the worst when the phone rang at 2am yesterday. I knew it wasn’t my mother as she was staying with me for the weekend. Could it be my elderly in-laws, I wondered? Or a friend in desperate need? No, it was none of those. It was my son David ringing from...
Could you stay silent all day?

Could you stay silent all day?

Unbelievably, James has offered to do a sponsored silence at school today to boost funds for his school prom. Four of his teachers are coughing up cash if James can keep his lips zipped all day. This will indeed be a first, not that I believe “children should be...
Mixed blessings for Question Time tonight

Mixed blessings for Question Time tonight

I bet Question Time is kicking itself for not taking up the offer of having Tony McNulty on its illustrious panel tonight. He was suggested as a last ditch replacement for the new immigration minister Phil Woolas, who was barred by Home Secretary Jacki Smith for...
Fish and chip suppers given a boost

Fish and chip suppers given a boost

Fish and chip suppers have been given a boost following an announcement by the European Parliament to reform the failing 2004 cod recovery plan. The plan was intended to help boost depleted stocks of white fish, but has been ineffective and had a ruinous effect on the...
That elusive search for Mr Right

That elusive search for Mr Right

Marrying young can work – my mother was only 16 and had  known my father a short while before their wedding in war-torn Greece. What is tragic about Peaches Geldof is her bleak description of marriage today. The 19-year-old married three months ago in a Las...