MEL'S MEANDERINGS. CAPTIVITY.

I turn my back ( or rather turn my phone and Mac off ) for a couple of days and just so much happens. The problem is that I can’t...

Had a very ironic phone call from my doctor’s surgery yesterday. They were checking up that there was nothing wrong with me so that I...

So, today, I am sitting in the garden drinking my nespresso black coffee ( caffeinated , of course as I think if you are drinking decaff...

So, I’ve decided to leave the world stage and get all parochial. That’s why this isn’t really a blog at all today. It’s a rant. It’s me...

I am getting very confused. I could have sworn that Alan Bennett wrote a play called “ Sixty Year On “ and then I checked and it was “...

When you don’t watch the news on tv, or listen on the radio, or read it in the papers, then inevitably you are going to be a bit behind...

I’ve been subscribing to the Radio Times for many years and bought it for even more many years before that. I took up an offer at a...

I’ve gathered quite a few Facebook friends lately and that’s one of the places where I post a link to this blog. I does occur to me that...

So, is this it then? Have I hit the wall? 8.00 am and the page is still blank. Is this what writer’s block is like ? I’ve never...

I have a new hobby. I mean every boy should have one. I’ve dipped into loads of hobbies over the years. Stamp collecting was a real...

I know I am ahead of both the curve and my time in these meanderings, but what occurred this morning was either just an example of...

Over the past few months I’ve pretty much opened up my soul to all you people and let you into some of my deepest, darkest secrets. I...

In the dim and distant past, when I would be stuck in traffic ( and to think I actually complained about that ) I would spend most of...

It’s back to school in so many ways. Do you recall your own early school days when you had a special friend? And that friend could change...

I am facing that same crisis that occurred in the careers of the writers of “ Fawlty Towers “ and “ Blackadder “ , “ Black Books ‘ and...

There are probably lots of people in the world who don’t talk to me, The numbers may well have risen since I started writing this blog. I...

So, there I was yesterday, feeling particularly chipper ( there’s a word you don’t hear much now ) watching Dynamo Brest play Dinamo...

So VE day came and went. Like most days actually. We had our street party and that was rather funny. Lovely people in our road. There was...

Is nothing sacred? I spent a lot of time and effort in creating my Big V brand and now, today, everybody seems to want to cash in on the...

When I got my Professorship at Coventry University some years ago, it was basically for setting up and leading a new Post Graduate Sports...