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Recently, I’ve been feeling more than a little vexed. For those that don’t know, and if you’re not a renter there’s no reason why you would know, it’s illegal for the landlord or their representative to simply turn up at the property, and they must give

How To… Ruin a perfectly good sandwich: Don’t use butter or other suitable spread, just use a thin, cheap mayonnaise. My son can’t abide mayo, recently almost bought a beef sandwich, and noticed just in time that it contained mayo. Seriously? Beef and

My son and I will happily confess to being foodies. We eat to live, though if we can enjoy preparing, and eating, our food then so much the better. Of late, we’ve been cutting back on the meat for various reasons and have enjoyed sourcing, and trying,

As regular readers will know, in early December the bathroom light bulb blew. We’d been using a battery-powered lantern in the bathroom for almost 3 weeks when the agent phoned to come and replace the bulbs in the back bedroom. I stated that I’d replaced

Each year, in the UK, we have a New Year honours list. This year I’ve decided to make my own list. Top of the list goes to… no surprises, my neighbours. Christmas Eve, around 8pm, they had visitors. They were noisy all night and kept my son awake though