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In early 2022, despite much guffawing and hilarity from people who know my speaking voice is a little less beautiful than Richard Burton’s, I recorded the first “The Acoustic Egg Box Radio Show”. Although I’ve always been fanatical about music, in 1979 everything changed. I left school and turned 16 that year, but, more importantly, …

The Acoustic Egg Box Radio Show – Episode 1: MY Mod Revival – Where Did It All Start? Read More »

Virologists are encouraging the public to contact them with any strange symptoms they are experiencing which COULD be associated with COVID19. So far, apart from the telltale cough and fever, it’s emerged that some people have encountered a lack of taste or smell and others have reported a feeling that their whole body is “fizzing”. …

My Coronadiary 16/04/2020 – A Special Report Read More »

I wish I had loads of hilarious shelf-stacking anecdotes after my first night shift at Morrison’s, but because everyone was so busy from the minute we started work at 10pm to the final whistle at 7am, nothing of note happened apart from lots of hard graft. Nothing apart from on arrival that is. I waited …

Don’t Let Enforced Downtime Become Enforced Down Time Read More »

I’ll start by saying that I had no real affinity for Caroline Flack. I rarely watch Strictly Come Dancing, have never watched Love Island, and only discovered who she was due to the press and social media coverage about her forthcoming assault trial. But, because of my firsthand battles with the black dog, her back …

Sticks & Stones Might Still Break Our Bones, But Now The Words Are Killing Us Read More »