I’ve always been rubbish at picking out song lyrics on the radio. But this doesn’t deter me from joining in whenever I hear a classic ‘banger’ on the airwaves that demands my vocal harmonies... More often than not, you’ll find me confidently blasting out a heartfelt incorrect song line in the car as if no... Continue Reading →
It’s January 2020. You’re working towards finalising your degree and also considering a career change. We’re in to a new year, full of freedom and exciting possibilities. What could possibly go wrong, right?!... I need not bother explaining further...we all know far too well what a certain pandemic came packing and, at the time writing,... Continue Reading →
5th February; a day that a ‘Very Special’ legend was born...I’ll admit that legend is a word that gets thrown around quite a lot. But in this case, I think it’s more than warranted! Now, despite also being born on 5th February, I hope that after getting to know each other over these last few... Continue Reading →
“Well, I don’t know what to tell you Matthew. The website states that it has been delivered and signed for, so it must be there!”... Oh dear. We had reached the point in the conversation where my full name was being used; my mom only calls me ‘Matthew’ when I’m in trouble or she is... Continue Reading →
Imagine loving gin so much that you ‘accidentally’ move house next door to a gin distillery. Who would do such a thing?!... Ooopsie! Ok. So I didn’t move directly ‘next door’ to a gin distillery...But it turns out that when we moved back home to our Midlands stomping ground, after a 10 year hiatus in... Continue Reading →
They say in life that everything happens for a reason... My wife (Em) and I been together for over 16 years now. And when I told people we’d decided to get married, after 10 years of dating, I knew what some of them were thinking…he’s rushed it! But I think it’s important you go with... Continue Reading →
So there I was. Cradled in the arms of a gentleman, who was much more my senior, taking the benefit of his body warmth to shield myself from the winter chill... The be more precise perhaps, I was lying limp in the arms of an elderly gentleman, who by this point had become alarmingly visually... Continue Reading →
‘Who’s the new guy?!’... you know what it’s like. At one stage or another we’ve all been that ‘new guy’. There’s a weird sense of nervous energy and palpable anxiety of taking in your new surroundings, just hoping that you don’t trip over your own feet or do anything untoward that’ll land you with a... Continue Reading →
I’ve been a long time fan boy of Red Door Gin. And when I say ‘fan boy’ I mean that I may as well have posters of them stuck up on my bedroom walls! Ever since its release in the summer of 2018, Red Door Gin has been an ever present on my gin shelf.... Continue Reading →
I was recently stood in my kitchen staring at a message in a bottle. Though this was a very different kind of ‘SOS’ altogether... Rather than a cry for help, this was actually the latest gin drop to arrive from north of the border; SOS Gin, Scotland’s Other Spirit. I was recently very fortunate to... Continue Reading →
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