I may only have been 6 but I do remember back to 1979 where it was 5p for a single journey on the bus and you could get a bag of chips for 30p after a swim in the Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh. A ‘shivery bite; we called it as… more

The school holidays are here at last. The badly held together shoes, still shoved on every morning as there was only three weeks left to go, can now be recycled along with the ripped school bags and jumpers. The June melt-down madness will hopefully cease as the packed-lunch boxes are… more

I’m having a slightly Matrix-illusion day today. I haven’t seen any spoons flying through the air or anything, no dark cloaked avengers fighting for my future in their dreams – I’m just very sleepy. Not only am I doing my very best impression of a nodding dog, I am also… more