Last nights visitation to the (ex-UMIST) Beer Festival was enjoyable. There was only a small amount of air guitar and raucous singing involved. We all got home at reasonable times. I absolutely stuck to my policy of not getting a second book of tickets (ref: last year). My head is …

Reading up on the political aftermath of yesterdays commons victory (and Blair's defeat) did make me wonder how much our glorious leader wants to ape Thatcher. Time for a night of the long knives yet?

The meal last night went well if a little rushed thanks to tram chaos. I …

..waking up this morning listening to government ministers accusing the opposition of short term political opportunism on the run up to the vote on the new terror laws. The central argument seemed to be because the police said they had to have the extended detention times you were anti-country by …

I've been trying to get a poppy for the last week and haven't had any luck. Last time I was in Tesco's I asked the cashier and she remembered they did sell them in previous years but they haven't seen them this year. Apparently there have been people about in …

I watched the ShakespeaRe-told version of Much Ado About Nothing last night. Its one of the plays I've not seen before so I cam to it completely fresh. I thought it was really good and nice to see an adaptation to modern language which probably makes it a lot more …