In my purse, there is a battered fifty pence from 2000, minted to commemorate British libraries. It’s tucked away in a pocket I seldom go in, a special place where I will completely forget about …

Since I bought my first iPod way back in 2006, I’ve had something of an on-again-off-again affair with Apple.  I started with a fifth generation iPod, one of the video ones. Then I got an …

My eyes annoy me. For the past several weeks I’ve been suffering from chronic eyestrain and light sensitivity, indeed the latter was so bad I ended up with a migraine. Not fun. So I’ve got …

After writing a piece for Journalism.co.uk that went up on Monday, I’ve had quite a bit of feedback from various sources as well as my blog stats going through the roof! On Monday, Simon Pauley …

Myth: Blind people are completely blind and can’t see a thing. At All. Ever.
Wrong. Just plain WRONG.
I try not to get my knickers in a twist but some people just make me balk. A couple …

Yes that is me. It’s one of the only of the only decent pictures I have of my father holding me (and my defense against his accusation – which he leveled at me until the …