Articles tagged Personal:
Tragedy in Cromer
- 8 Dec 2012
Like many in North Norfolk I remain in shock, after hearing of the tragedy which unfolded last Sunday in Cromer, when the former mayor Keith Johnson shot his wife and then took his own life. You never think something like this will happen to someone you know. But Keith and And...
Public Drunkenness Can Never Be a Social Norm
- 21 Jan 2012
Last night I apparently trended worldwide on Twitter. It was quite an experience being at the centre of a Twitter storm. Twitter is a very spontaneous medium. Many have come a cropper by posting something in haste and then repenting at leisure. It’s certainly happened to me in...
Gay Marriage, 'Bigoted' Tories & Irresponsible Journalism
- 17 Jan 2012
There is nothing the media and the Labour Party love better than trying to make out the Conservative Party is still the ‘nasty party’. Not just seen as the ‘nasty party’, but IS the ‘nasty party’. And their means of doing it is to imply that the Tories are institutionally homo...
A Tribute to Gary Speed & A Plea on Depression
- 27 Nov 2011
Yesterday I read a heartfelt article by Stan Collymore about his ongoing battle with depression. Last night I watched a documentary called ‘We Need to Talk About Dad’ about a family coming to terms with the fact that the father had hit the mother over the head with an axe – an...
'Oh My God, It's Going To Hit The Other Tower'
- 11 Sep 2011
I was sitting at my desk on the balcony at Politico’s talking to my bookkeeper when I suddenly noticed that Sky News had switched to Fox and were showing smoke coming from a tall tower. As the situation became clearer I remember seeing a spec on the skyline coming closer to th...
How I Made a Twat of Myself on Twitter
- 22 Aug 2011
It’s never nice to have to acknowledge you’ve made a bit of a dick of yourself. But I did just that last night. And all over a stupid tweet. Yes, my rather idiotic words became the centre of a rather unattractive twitter storm. I suppose it had to happen sooner or later. I eve...
Art: I Know What I Like...
- 16 Jul 2011
I know as much about art as the average philistine. But I know what I like. Two Mondays ago, the Eastern Daily Press carried a wonderful picture of a painting by a landscape artist called Cornelia Fitzroy called The Red House. If you still have that edition, have a look. It w...
Gio: A Tribute
- 1 Jul 2011
Maybe it’s somehow fitting that this will be the last ever blogpost on this blog. It marks the end of two eras – the end of this blog, as in a few days time my new site, Dale & Co launches, and also the end of a life. Five hours ago my beloved little Jack Russell, Gio, di...
Why I'm Giving Up Blogging (And Party Politics)
- 14 Dec 2010
Well, I am afraid this is the blogpost where I tell you that I am giving up blogging. This decision has been coming for some time and was nearly made a month ago, but I couldn't quite bring myself to do it then. Well, today I can. There's no single reason, but let me try to...
Why the A21 Must Be Dualled
- 25 Mar 2010
Anyone who knows the A21 between Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells will know what a treacherous road it is. It's the bit where the dual carriageway goes down to a single lane each way, near Pembury (where we live). There's a steep stretch of hill with a bend half way up. About ...