That’s MY boy

A warning: I wrote this post a while ago and it expresses some really quite primitive emotions. I prevaricated for a while before publishing it as I wasn’t sure whether this sort of stuff, that is so excruciatingly personal and risks portraying me in a very bad...

The Boywonder’s first suit

I spent an hour recently in a gentlemen’s outfitter’s at Bluewater with the Boywonder, choosing his first suit. It’s a sobering moment as he stands on the very window-ledge of boyhood, scanning the next few years that will, with hard work and a...

Sneaky Credit Card company finds a new way to exploit people

    Dear NatWest Mastercard I have been a customer of yours since 1987. I have always paid off my account in full at the end of every month and never run up huge amounts of credit card debt or interest payments on them so I am clearly not really the sort of...

The Phillips RéAura an Independent Review: #9 another update

It is, I suppose, about time I updated you, dear Reader, on the effects of the Phillips RéAura home laser rejuvenation machine on my skin. I last posted on this subject at the end of my first 8 week course of twice- weekly treatments of my face. As recommended by...