That's a remarkably well-trained hound you have there, Bock. It was Jim, my neighbour. Bock, if you don't mind my asking, what training method did you use? I've never seen [...]

A few years ago – a good few years, now that I think of it – Wrinkly Paddy and myself wrote a heap of children's stories. Fairy tales, so to [...]

Steve Staunton has called Andy Keogh up to the Irish international squad. I suppose Andy was no good until last week because he was playing for Scunthorpe, but this week, [...]

You know that thing that happens in science-fiction, where somebody goes through a portal and ends up in a parallel universe? It happens in Stargate all the time. You walk [...]

I wandered into town this morning, as is my habit. I like to stroll around the market, buy a dozen eggs, a few bunches of daffodils this time of year, [...]

I see that an American soldier has been jailed in connection with the murder of three Iraqi civilians. According to the Lancet, the prestigious British medical journal, 655,000 Iraqis have [...]

I've been a bit remiss with the reports on Scunthorpe United lately. With all the rugby and the drunkenness and everything else, sometimes it gets hard to maintain the regular [...]

I stopped smoking four years ago. I used to have three cigarettes in bed before I got up. I used to wake up in the middle of the night and [...]

Isn't it terrible the way the Environment Fascists have taken over the country? These days, you can't burn a pile of tyres in your garden any more. When you're finished [...]

I bumped into one of the Gerrys during the week. I hadn't seen him since we buried Wirey. Well, Gerry. Did you enjoy the funeral? He shrugged. Yeah. It was [...]