Going grey - me and George! (there the similarity ends) This week we've had or will have: one child's (16th) birthday. one c...

You knew today was special didn't you? Yes - it's the Pope's birthday. I don't know if we can get paper triple crowns (i...

Did the neighbours hear? I was in the shed today, and just to break the habit of a lifetime I was pottering. The sun was shining (that...

I get a lot of visitors to my blog - ah! searchers for Truth in this mad world! - some of whom come across my wittering and blarney whilst s...

One of my favourite songs is Tara Hill by the the Fureys. OK, its an old romantic song, in the sense of idealised Ireland and historic roman...

James Hurley is the music editor at MSN and has authored books on travel, cinema and music. It seems, as with Chad Hurley, the Hurley name...

You know how lots of people moan about everything becoming homogenised? Every high street is the same. Every out-of-town shopping area is th...

If our Nanny Hurley hasn't washed since Tommy Steele kissed her sometime before the telephone was invented, we believe this is a faithfu...

A vinyl recording from the 19th Century. I received a rather disturbing email this week. go to you tube to: - Tommy Steele "Singin...