I have just set up a brand new pair of HomePods, 2nd Generation. I made sure I got all the updates and everything done, and this evening I am sitting on the sofa listening to some music. It went through my mind how my late grandfather was taken aback by…

I think I probably drink too much or too often, but then I don’t think so either. Put it this way, I don’t drink every day. I sometimes swing by the pub on the way home from work mid-afternoon for a couple of beers, but then sometimes, I tell myself…

I read an article in The Spectator today about how dreadful it was to pass forty. OK, it was written by a woman, and, apparently, for many women, ageing is a more significant event than for us men. I have never really taken much notice of my age. Many friends…

It’s important, but when you look at the way some folks seem to chase around non-stop you have to wonder. It’s no wonder that stress levels are so high in modern society, and that strokes and heart disease are up there as some of the top killers. I don’t feel…

I choose not to have a car. I live in West London and there are generally good Transport options; regular bus, train and Underground services. If I need to go out into the countryside I can rent a car for a few days. Even before the current overpricing of fuel…

My seven-year-old Mac Mini has been running slower and slower of late. It had got to the point of making me wait just too long. Hanging and freezing is not a way I like to work. …

I am one of those people that gets post-holiday, post-vacation blues. It’s not crippling or anything, but I always feel a bit deflated at this time. Christmas has gone, New Year celebrations have passed and with my birthday right after that, as a kid, I was pretty sad that there…

As chairman of a local community group I was suddenly inspired to write a summary of the years events… It’s said that the older you get the quicker the time seems to go. We’re almost at the end of another year, a strange year for many. It’s been a year…