Thriftiness is back

Somebody told me last week that Kirstie Allsopp’s new Homemade Home programme on Channel 4 is provoking rudeness in the press. Posh though she is, she’s showing how to refurbish a once-derelict house with buys from antique and junk dealers, reclamation yards and by supporting British crafts people. Thriftiness is back – even Old Etonian [...]

Desperately seeking Susan

Is it cynical to suggest that newspaper columnists, media companies and TV channels have latched on to the Susan Boyle/ Britain’s Got Talent phenomenon in a bid to gain more hits to their websites? Add a link to a Susan Boyle video and you’ll almost certainly up your ratings. I too was moved to tears [...]

Reason to be cheerful… (just one)

Having just said that there were lots of reasons for being down-in-the-mouth, I’ve just remembered something to be cheerful about. After around 18 months I chasing – which is different to stalking, really, it is – I finally intereviewed Sir Matt Pinsent on Thursday. Hoorah and Hooray! Watch my website for the full write-up…

Blog envy

I’ve got blog envy – everyone else’s blogs seem to have better fonts, nicer backgrounds and wittier words than mine. But what’s worse than coveting thy neighbour’s blog is looking up your not-so-kid-any-more brother’s blog and finding he’s created a collection of wit and wisdom. It’s like an extension of sibling rivalry only a little [...]