Generally speaking, I’m a huge advocate of the NHS. I think it’s one of the most incredible services. However, sometimes you hear things that make you so angry you just want to shout at someone. We have a friend at the moment experiencing some of the most horrendous treatment. At that’s not …
Thanks Nick :)
Yesterday I was talking about how heating an old building can be tough when the weather gets cold, and I was wondering how it works in countries where it drops to temperatures of -20 or lower. Well… Nick got back to me, thank you very much Nick. Here’s what he said: “I …
What happens in a really cold country?
I’m over at my mums this morning giving Max breakfast. It’s the standard routine while we’re having our kitchen re-done. Their house is hot. Like 23-24 degrees hot. My grandad needs to have the temperature very high to keep himself warm. At the moment the house can’t get above 21 degrees. And …
Eating anti-depressants for breakfast
I’m furious with myself. I just wrote a long piece about an article published in the Daily Mail today. Then hit the wrong key combination on my keyboard and deleted it. I seem to only ever do this when the email I’ve written is long. So I’m going to summarise what I …
A mud floor? Yes please!
We’re at the point in our kitchen makeover where we need to choose the floor tiles. To be honest, we needed to choose them a couple of weeks ago, and now they’re holding up the work. We ordered some special replica historic tiles, which looked pretty damn awesome on the website. When …
Fountain Of Youth
Today I’m giving you some Zen magic. Actually, the magic comes courtesy of Richard, who got in touch with me after I sent an email talking about the pain I’m in. And a big thank you to him for letting me know about the fountain of youth. There are five exercises you …