The Plastic Mancunian

There is a song I by Rush called The Weapon and some of the lyrics are particularly relevant: “And the things that we fear are a wea...

The other day, I sat down on my sofa with my evening meal and started watching a television programme that both Mrs PM and I really li...

I am an idiot, a stupid blithering idiot who never ever learns from his mistakes. Why am I being so hard on myself? I’ve just been away...

I’m not a huge fan of the dentist. I understand the benefit of them but they do cause a modicum of fear when I visit them (read about it...

Warning: This post, as the title suggests, talks about toilets - but not just any toilets. It talks about Chinese toilets, arguably the wors...

Tomorrow I have to spend half an hour in a torture chamber. Yes, it’s that time again; my semiannual visit to the fourth level of hell – the...

I have a secret that I want to share: I do NOT plan to throw myself off a tall building. To be honest, if I did have suicidal tendencies, h...

Mrs PM walloped me with a book the other night. We were lying in bed, reading, and I had reached the stage where I was having to re-read the...