Undeniably, inexorably Christmas is coming. I can almost smell the turkey and mince pies. Jingle jingle. This year I have decided I’m going to be jolly from the outset. I’ll be so flipping festive you’ll couldn’t pick me out of a lineup of Santa’s elves. But first I’ve got to get one or two tiny, […]
Snips and snails and puppy dogs’ tails.
What’s so bad about boys then? BC (Before Children) I believed that boys and girls were largely the same until they got hormones, therefore should be brought up in a gender-neutral environment. Hah, funny that. On the other hand, I get quite cross with the women for whom taking a pop at their ‘crap’ husbands’ […]
A fresh look at autism with Chris Packham
Did you see it? Chris Packham’s documentary Autism and Me. I think you should. You can catch it on iPlayer before it’s too late. He made it because he wants every autistic person to know that they aren’t alone. But I think it’s more important than that. It’s about everyone else learning that autism is […]



