The sun makes a perfect excuse… The last few months have given only a few insipid hints but tradition assures us that summer is planning an appearance and is languidly travelling over to our blustery little island to relieve the insistent rain. Without suspecting the worst, there may only be […]

 Odd happenings seen through wild Romanian eyes “Maybe this is the way it is for everybody, only you are weaker, or less lucky, or have seen something they all have not.” – Nick McDonell, Twelve A few months ago, on the 7th of April 2012, whilst the rich were attending […]

Newcastle Owner Mike Ashley has sealed a deal to keep Chief Scout, Graham Carr, at the club until 2020 with an 8-year contract. Who? 67-year-old Graham Carr has been considered one of the key reasons behind Newcastle United’s recent success in the Premier League. After the club was relegated in […]

Although the 5 A Day scheme may not be that new – it was launched in 1994 to encourage us to increase our intake of fruit and vegetables to benefit our health – there still seems to be some uncertainty about what counts towards it. This was reflected by the […]

Public Displays of Affection – or PDAs – can mean anything from a peck on the cheek to squeeze of another type of cheek. All in all though, I can’t stand them. Call me grumpy, call me gloomy, if you’re northern then go for ‘mardy’, but I can’t help how […]

As school terms and university semesters come to a close, the time has come to pack up your stuff, scrub down the mildew, hoover under the beds and move out of your student abode. Whether it’s your 7x5m room in halls or your shared student house, the fear of the […]

Lewis Hamilton swept to victory in the Canadian Grand Prix yesterday after a titanic three way battle between the Englishman, Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel. Taking advantage of a different pitstop strategy the 2008 World Champion hunted down his rivals and despatched them to take the lead of the world […]

It was a couple of nights ago that I was in bed and re-reading Twilight that I recognised those familiar butterflies flitting around my stomach. The problem was of course, was that this wasn’t caused by Meyer’s perfectly beautiful rendering of the sparkly Edward Cullen reminding me of my own […]