“You can not be serious?!”. A line of sheer frustration and angst, screamed by an incandescent John McEnroe (AKA Jonny Mac the ‘Superbrat’) during his opening round of Wimbledon 1981. The former Tennis number 1, who would go on to win Wimbledon that year (and a further 2 times after to boot) was utterly incensed... Continue Reading →
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 →
I need to sit down. No, like, I really need to sit down!... 2020 was not the year that any of us had planned for. And whilst hardly the biggest of problems to contend with in the grand scheme of things and the gravity of the situation, our home extension and improvement plans were understandably... 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 →
Guilty pleasures - we’ve all got them. But ‘in the year that was’ 2020, a lesson learned for all of us is that perhaps we need to start considering pleasure as being guilt free? You know, time is short and life’s for living and all that. Take some of my personal experiences for example... I... 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 →
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