“Oi, Masher… you know about phones and shit, don’tcha?”
I placed my two very heavy bags of shopping on the ground, as my neighbour, Colin, approached me upon my return from the supermarket, where I’d gone to buy just a pint of milk.
“I know many things, Col,” I said, “But yes: phones and shit are somewhat [...]

There are some adverts about at the moment on the subject of car litter… or to be more precise: litter dropped from cars.
This is something I regularly see as I drive around: crisp packets and sweet wrappers being nonchalantly thrown out of car windows, because the owners can’t be bothered to carry their litter home [...]

I’ve been working nights this week. It’s a bit of a pain, but I’ve quite enjoyed it, really. And there’s more to come next week, probably.
Although there is a hell of a lot of motorway roadworks going on at night - I swear, the M25 has more cones than Mr Whippy - the paucity of [...]

The building that I currently work in has been allowed to fall into disrepair. Most of the staff have been relocated and there are just a couple of us contractors left, tasked with the removal of the technical kit. Oh, and of course the ‘Ring Of Steel’ that is our security guard, Tony. He’ll be [...]

“I wanted to be able to represent normal, everyday stay-at-home mums who aren’t normally a feature of major artworks.” says Rachel, 35, from Lincolnshire, talking about her role as the first person to step onto Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth in Anthony Gormley’s attempt to create a “living portrait of the UK”.
Well, sorry, Rachel, but you’re [...]

… this swine flu.
Had a pretty shit weekend: a headache - the intensity of which I don’t think I’ve ever had before; hot and cold shivers; blocked sinuses. All that.
It was as much as I could do to lay out on the sofa and watch Federer win yet another title.  I was actually rooting for [...]

Nope, that’s not a stock/library photo: that’s my hand holding a packet of the prescription anti-swine-flu drug Tamiflu.
Amelia came home from school yesterday, with a very high temperature and a letter. The letter stated that there have been several confirmed cases of swine-flu within the school and that we should seek medical advice. As [...]