“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.” ~ Winston Churchill I trust your Christmas was fine and dandy, spent relaxing and  re-energising, in the company of good friends and family. When you get to a certain age, Christmas is less exciting than when you were a...Read More

“I could leave you, say good-bye. I could love you if I try, and I could, and left to my own devices I probably would,” sang The Pet Shop Boys in 1988. It’s not one of the best songs ever written, but the ‘left to my own devices’ stuck in my mind, and, these days we are often left...Read More

1963 was an interesting year. The grey post war austerity of the 1950s gave way to the thumping rhythms of Merseyside (she luvs you, yeah yeah yeah), a naughty political scandal and an audacious train heist. The Rolling Stones played their first gig. Martin Luther King delivered his ‘I have a Dream‘ speech. JFK was...Read More

[tweetmeme source=”ChazGunningham” only_single=false]11th of the 11th, Remembrance Day. Being a Sunday, we were all at my son’s cricket match, sitting watching, dogs running about, chatting with fellow parents, encouraging the boys. It was peaceful, sublime, a million miles and almost 100 years away from the terrible action of the trenches in the first world war,...Read More

Well, I survived the first ever Dad’s Big CampOut. My “2 man tent” could just about fit me diagonally, and the “3 man tent” just about squeeze in the 2 kids, and it was pretty cold when I woke up at 2am, but overall, a fantastic time. Camping out on the local primary school oval...Read More