I need help. I’ve got a new girlfriend coming to stay for the first time this weekend and I’ve kind of managed to get the house clean and tidy. My dilemma though is whether to pick up some fresh flowers and candles on the way home or buy a load […]

Happy birthday to Radio 4, which has just turned 40. I’m amazed that such a timeless, ageless institution is only 9 years older than me. When I first started listening in my teens Radio 4 should have just been finishing university and heading off on its gap year, but it was […]

I’m feeling guilty. I’ve been trying to support the regeneration of this dejected area of London with regular trips to the Superbowl in the tumbledown shopping center. Last night I missed my game because I was pulling a late shift to get some work finished. To […]