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When we popped to see Mum and Dad a couple of days prior to Ma’s birthday they were in the midst of a garage clear-out.  One of the things being cleared out was an intriguing boxed instrument called a Revealer.  After scouring a sparsely populated internet about the subject it turns out to be a [...]

This post is entirely Chris’ fault for posting an impromptu bus-journey poetry-fest that spiralled out of control on a Facebook status – and therefore you can either immediately disregard it, or blame him if you read on! I used to love catching the bus when I was young, now I consider it a singular displeasure [...]

Through a few degrees of separation, starting with 3 Daft Monkeys and their latest single, through to this folk webcast thing led me to reading about the Dancing Plague in Strasbourg back in 1518.  This historically documented event was the inspiration for the Monkeys song ‘Days of the Dance’ (which you should avail yourself of, [...]

I’ve weened myself off media whoredom (or the media has weened itself off me I suppose – since I never really go out looking for it..) of late, particularly on the Forest front at least – which is a blessing as there’s been little to talk about that isn’t bleak there.  Okay, I did talk [...]

Whilst the weekend has focused around what would have been an insincere-gesture-at-best that ultimately didn’t happen (the Suarez/Evra handshake), I’ve had a pretty good weekend, all told – although that it’s drawing to an end is as ever sad news. It started on Thursday night for me with a trip to Warsop with Chris and [...]

As opposed to being a tall fat man, as I’m more accustomed to being!  It was great to see Jon Sevink of The Levellers fame performing with Dan Donnelly of, um, Dan Donnelly fame (well worth checking out, an excellent singer-songwriter).  Ferocious Dog were supporting, although they took to the stage last – possibly as [...]

The sad news about Forest’s owner passing away at the weekend has been quite the shock to the Forest supporting community, and of course beyond.  Nigel Doughty was a man who I greatly admired, probably more for his philanthropic nature rather than as the owner of my football team.  Being ensconced in a corporate environment [...]

You can thank me after!

The title is a bit of a misnomer really, but window tax was such a beloved topic on school trips back in the day I couldn’t resist, always painted with the picture of absurdity when an older building with bricked up windows was encountered.  Of course, think about it more sensibly and using the number [...]

Somebody reconnected with me on Facebook this week, and it brought to mind a couple of amusing anecdotes from childhood involving them – from either end of the compulsory educational spectrum, and both involving the person in question being the butt of a bit of a (mostly harmless) prank.  I’m sure that outside of these [...]