I was talking to my grandmother last night and she got to telling me about the power of relaxation. When she was at school she and her classmates were told to lie down and relax every lunchtime. They would get their ration of one sweet, lie down, and the teacher (or Matron?) would come around [...]
There’s an interesting piece on the BBC website today about a 23-year-old woman who was bullied as a child and still suffers from the resulting fear. She got £20,000 from the council to put the matter to rest, but the council doesn’t admit liability. I was bullied for a year at my first secondary school [...]
For Christmas a year or two ago, Sarah bought me a digital watch that has tide information for key surfing destinations around the world. There is a little picture of a wave on it that goes up and down according to the tide height, and a picture of the moon that changes according to the [...]
I have to say I am thrilled at the smoking ban that went through the Commons this week. The government is going to ban smoking in all enclosed public spaces from summer next year. I don’t smoke, which makes it an easy win for me, but I can hardly wait to be able to go [...]
It’s Sunday, 9am. I crawl out of bed and switch on the TV in search of the snowboarding on TV. Not there. I switch on Sarah’s laptop and find that the BBC is broadcasting the boarding on broadband (brilliant!). Sarah comes to help and we fight with her laptop, 17 cables and our TV to [...]