Well, it's FINALLY happened...I've been persuaded to guest on the Bears in The City podcast (http://www.bearsinthecity.com.au). I've been a member of the BiTC "widows club" for a year and a half and have deftly avoided actually appearing on it...until now. Tomorrow afternoon I make my ( Read more... )

Now obviously I've known for a years number of years that despite having dark brown hair (ok with the grey creeping quickly in), my beard has always been flecked with plenty of blonde and and a bit of ginger ( Read more... )

Well, I arrived yesterday evening in Melbourne - my first trip to Victoria since moving to Australia so was looking forward to it! First impressions? Great! A beautiful city - very European in feel so I felt quite comfortable pretty quickly ( Read more... )

Have a 9am client meeting at Fairfax Media (Australia's largest media stable for those on foreign shores) and cos of the bloody awful weather decided to catch a cab early to avoid being late. Unfortunately arrived 40mins early so pootled off to the cafe to read the paper and lo and behold, the only one I in my briefcase is from a rival publishing ( Read more... )

I was just sent a couple of pics of the fateful boat cruise (you know the one - when my star rose to ascendence ;-)) so for no other reason other than "why not" I thought I'd share them.

Me on a boat with my chum Fluffy :-)


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A funny thing happened to me on Saturday which I thought I'd share cos it tickled me. For those in the know, my other (aka better) half is one of the Bears In The City http://www.bearsinthecity.com.au (along with cuboz and beardoc), a well known podcast down here in Australia. Anyways, the BiTC ( Read more... )

Greetings people. Just a quick update really - given I'm penning this while I scoff my face full of carbs in my office. We moved house at the weekend (hence writing this from work as the internet hasn't yet been switched on at home) which wasn't the best timing as both Saturday and Sunday were hotter than hell. But thanks to a great handful of ( Read more... )

Well finally braved a night out on the town after two weeks of hiding indoors beating the cravings. We were invited to one of JR's work colleague's birthday drinks at the Industrie Bar in Pitt St, Sydney. Avoided beer entirely for fear of wanting to light up...so stuck to scotch...bizarrely not one whiff of a hangover this morning ( Read more... )

I suddenly thought that those of you back in the UK can't put faces to names when I talk about my friends so figured a few choice pics of my nearest and dearest was probably a good idea!

Garth and Alan

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No I'm afraid this isn't a post extolling the obvious virtues and wanton needs of Jack Radcliffe (although he certainly does warrant many posts...WOOF!)

No, this post is about a very sobering evening. In between playing Fanny Craddock in the kitchen and Florence Nightingale to a fluey husbear, I managed to spend a couple of hours in front of the ( Read more... )