29th January 2020: one year ago today. Pre-Brexit. Pre-pandemic. It feels like a lifetime ago, or as if […]
Category Archive: A dad’s life
This latest lockdown already feels tediously interminable, doesn’t it? Having said that, we’ve had quite enough excitement for […]
Congratulations, Toby. It was your 11th birthday on Tuesday, so (a little belatedly) here’s my annual letter to […]
In March last year, the UK entered a strict national lockdown as we battled the first wave of […]
So, Christmas happened. It wasn’t the Christmas we had hoped for. But, if we have learned anything in […]
Lockdown 2 is over and we’re now into the build-up to Christmas. Our festive season will be familiar […]
Happy birthday for yesterday, Isaac. Not that any two are the same, but your 2020 edition is particularly […]
Lockdown is almost over. It’s still just about November but, even so, it’s not too early to start […]
We’re back into lockdown, and is it too melodramatic to say that Christmas hangs in the balance? Maybe, […]
Kara and I have been road-testing the pre-teen/early teen comic the Phoenix. Here’s what we think of it […]
First we had a national lockdown to combat Covid-19. Then we introduced regional lockdowns and a three-tier system. […]
You know you’re getting old when you mention something from your formative years to your children and they […]