The Plastic Mancunian

Today’s song is another from the brilliant Porcupine Tree called Sentimental. This is a rather sad song about young kids not wan...

You will be pleased to know that this is the last post in the current series mirroring Karl Pilkington’s “The Moaning of Life” . I t...

My eldest son Stephen graduated on Friday. At the same time, my youngest son, Michael,  is about to embark on the same journey, starting...

First marriage – then kids. This seems to be another rule that is self-imposed upon the human race. “So when are you gonna have kid...

I’ve been watching a great program on TV that chronicles the evolution of what is known as Heavy Metal music. It got me thinking (a...

I was poking around a few old directories on my desktop computer when I found a little piece I had written in 1993. As I read it, I had to s...

“Why don’t you just grow up?” Harsh words that perhaps you would imagine were spoken by me when reprimanding one of my sons. The sad truth ...