If you had one chance to change history........ Where would you go? What would you do? Who would you kill? Questions all posed in Ben Elton's new historical \ sci fi \ thriller. Take a pinch of Isaac Newton, add a scoop of time travel, and then top it off with a huge ladlefull of Hugh Stanton, ex sp...

Have just read Harper Lee's new novel. Well, this secondary modern boy had to keep a dictionary at hand, quite a few words went straight over my head. However, it was an incredibly thought provoking book, in that it went a long way towards my understanding the reason for the deep racial divide in th...

Two things to know about blokes!!! Yes, we are known to manfully wipe away the odd tear from time to time. And yes we do read books with the L word in the title from time to time. Last week whilst doing the weekly Sainsco shopping, we had a quick peruse of the book counter, and lo and behold the abo...

Hi June, the dotty old nun from call the midwife is one of the central characters. Whoever wrote the script is absolutely brilliant. Cheerio me deario.........

Aye lad tha's reet tha knows, its all this clog dancing it fires up the blood.....

Up the women, that is. A new comedy series on BBC 2 about the suffragettes. Brilliant and really quite bawdy. LMAO watch it, you won't be disappointed. Cheers me dears......

Hey folks, I haven't been on this section for some time. Yesterday we finally got our house deeds back from our building society, and upon perusal, we found that we had been sort of breaking local by laws. The deeds said that no house owner can keep pigeons, poultry or rabbits on the aforementioned ...

The first episode of Suits series 3 was aired on channel 12, Dave at 9pm tonight. Cracking dialogue as always, loved it!. Cheers me dears.........

I watched Donna M open her Christmas present from our eldest son on Christmas morning, and my heart sank. He bought her a 3 series box set of Downton Abbey...... But being a fair minded compassionate sort of bloke, I was prepared to sit and fume through this multi DVD extravaganza. Within ten minute...

Stephen Kings new novel, Doctor Sleep. I am 2/3rds through it and it is a brilliant chiller, not as horrific or terrifying as some of his other books, but nevertheless a cracking good read. It is a continuation of his earlier novel, The Shining. A truly compelling read, give it a go, it will not dis...

I painted the inside bare brick of my single brick front porch (double glazed windows and front door). The condensation had to be seen to be believed everything streaming and soaking wet in cold weather. My next door neighbour has the same setup, yet he never had any problems. He gave me just one wo...

Its back for its second series, fast paced, brilliantly acted, and razor sharp dialogue. Watch it it will not disappoint. Cheers me dears.......

I bought one of the £30 Kreg jigs to help build my chicken coop, but it was useless for the task as the maximum thickness of timber it could be used on was less that what I was using. I will use it in the future though, when I make use of some Victorian pitch pine paneling i have. There are some re...

Are you a skilled carpenter and joiner ? Are your mortice and tenons strong and perfect ? Is your dovetail joinery immaculate ? Do you even know what I am blethering on about ? If any of your answers to the above is NO. Then fear not. I may just have the answer to your DIY dilemmas. The short answer...

Have just bought these two Sci Fi / fantasy novels co written by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter. Have read the long earth, and have just started the long war. Cracking Stories both. Imagine a series of parallel earths, all just a simple side step away east or west. The mass migration away from o...