It took a while to get my parents fully signed up to the digital lifestyle. Of course now they habitually carry their mobile phones the next stage is complete. It's a shame the picture of them enjoying the sunshine outside a pub in York just makes me want to leave …

We had a lovely weekend in Manchester for the wedding. The usual superlatives about bride and groom should apply. I was especially impressed with how Manchester managed blue skies and warmth for a September wedding. The wedding was split into two sections, the lunch time service at the church (just …

We haven't really used the bread maker since moving down to Cambridge. The main reason is that ever since the lid got broken on it it has been hard to get consistent results out of it. However I love having fresh bread at the weekends. The upgrade arrived this morning …

One film I hadn't seen until a few days ago was Stephen King's Stand by Me which was a source of some amazement from Fliss. She is currently working through a number of her favourites with me including recently The Breakfast Club, another brat pack classic. She didn't force me …

Our DVD rental queue doesn't just have a list of the films we missed at the cinema in it. I've consciously added classic films from before my time or widely acknowledged films from outside our filmic comfort zone. So last night we sat down to watch the classic romantic weepy …