WHAT: Collars & Coats Gala Ball for Battersea Dogs & Cats Home   DATE: Thursday 8th November 2012   VENUE: Battersea Evolution, Chelsea Bridge Entrance, Battersea Park, London, SW11 4NJ   TIME: 6.30pm CELEBS: Amanda Holden and Paul O’Grady MBE (event hosts), David Gandy, Neil Fox, Danielle and Gary Lineker, […]

I’m sure that I will be told by many people that I need to lighten the hell up once they’ve read what I have to say, but in true Welsh style, I’m going to carry on regardless. I’ll be honest with you – I’ve had a hell of a year. […]

Hitch-hiking was the best way to travel for me back in the ’70s. I’d pack a rucksack and sleeping bag and head for the nearest motorway service station. I always picked the height of summer, July or August, and went for it. I’d save around fifty quid for the trip. Most of […]

Ever since the spectacular opening ceremony that was masterminded by Danny Boyle, the whole of the country seems to have got behind Team GB. Everywhere you go, your eyes are drawn to people sporting Team GB t-shirts, bags and caps, while most shops in high streets up and down the […]

Having very recently graduated from a well-respected English university, it is with a relatively small amount of regret that I admit; I have not yet found myself a place on the much-revered graduate employment scene. I am currently working part-time at a supermarket, as I have been doing since I […]

Ever since it was created, Chick-fil-A has upheld traditional Christian Principles, including observing Sunday as a day of rest, and donating to multiple Christian organizations such as Focus on the Family.  The reason for the recent uproar is because Dan Cathy (Son of Chick-fil-A’s founder, Truett Cathy) was being interviewed […]

A bitch called Lassie, that was our first dog. She was an alsation cross, one year old and donated by a woman around the corner. She didn’t want her anymore, so we took her in. Lassie was chained to a battered wooden kennel in the back yard but that didn’t last. My […]

With the customary summer break upon us the time is ripe to see exactly who stands where in the 2012 Formula One season. A record-breaking seven winners in the first seven races, a resurgent Ferrari and muted Sebastian Vettel, plus the wildly differing fortunes of British drivers Jenson Button and […]