Would Lewis Hamilton prepare for a Grand Prix driving his formula one car round a few roundabouts in Milton Keynes? Would Fred Astaire have practiced his amazing tap-dancing routines with Ginger Rogers atop a tin tray on the kitchen table? Would Jürgen Klopp, Manager of Liverpool, train his first team squad for an FA Cup […]
After retiring from a thirty-year career in the fire service on those big red shiny trucks, I set up my own fire risk assessment company as cartooning would not keep the cupboard stocked with enough food to hide my starving wife’s and kid’s ribs. As a fire risk assessor, it amazes me how little attention […]
I have been in several bands but never one where there is no ‘tea break’ in the middle…until I joined Ebbw Valley Brass. Because we have only have one band rehearsal a week the maestro, Gareth “do you reckon’ it’s hot in here or is it me?” Ritter, gives us a damned good thrashing with […]
Rub-a-dub-dub, Three men in a tub, And who do you think they were? The butcher, the baker, The candlestick-maker, They all sailed out to sea, ‘Twas enough to make a man stare. This ancient but well known rhyme is believed to originate from a children’s annual called ‘Christmas Box’, published in London in 1798 – ‘Bagatelles […]