Memoirs Of A Fire Hazard

It's early Friday morning and, thoroughly sick of Los Angeles as we are, we decide to take another stroll down the pier at Venice Beach....

So we're at a bus stop somewhere in downtown LA. We're very pleased with ourselves because we have been spared the laborious walk b...

Endless hours spent bussing (if I may invent such a word) around Los Angeles in search of a theatre and a pavement might put the average per...

Ignoring great trowels-full of abuse and patronising looks I pressed on regardless and attended a Take That concert last night (Tuesday). Ma...

I'm taking a short break from telling the story of the American trip. There's something I need to say. Call it catharsis, call it ...

If you had asked us when we planned this trip what we thought we might be doing on our first full day in Los Angeles, moving hotels might no...

It's taken an unreasonable amount of time to check out of Circus Circus thanks to it's complex geography, but finally we are in the ...

It's 7.30 am Pacific Time. We're already on our way down the strip. I had suggested breakfast but Emma's not hungry. She want...

Normally I'm not a particularly ambitious person. I'm quite content to stick at my modest job without entertaining any ideas of pro...

Somewhere in the depths of my Facebook page there is an embarrassing photograph doing the rounds. In fact there are several. I can't s...

We were in Bristol last weekend. Emma's brother lives there with his wife and their 6-month old daughter. Since crashing through their ...

I was asked this yesterday. Not in a genuinely inquisitive tone. It was more dismissive, in the way that I myself might ask someone why th...

Yesterday was a strange old day. I left work early owing to the joys of flexi and spent the afternoon paying an extortionate amount for Car...

I don't know if any of you are familiar with Saturday morning radio. Probably not. You're probably still perservering with that in...

Following my blatant but still unfortunate bout of sexism yesterday, I became the victim today. Hard to believe I know, but once again I hav...