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Charged and out on bail: the main offender and his sidekick, a young girl. They are not allowed anywhere near Offsprog 2, who is out again ...

So it was a warm and humid day; all thoughts of glamour went out of the window as I had to try without success to unblock the drain in the y...

There it was again, tranquil, Scots baronial and stone-pink in the assorted greenery on its corner of the River Nith: the Friar's Carse ...

I am driving almost 500 miles tomorrow; luckily I have a gadget to plug the iPod into the cassette deck in  my car so I'll be singing al...

Poor Frank has died. He was part of the 1980s alternative scene and had got quite a profile again recently; his big pink papier-mache head w...

This was taken yesterday afternoon in Jude's garden, just as we were about to play. The sun shone, children sat at the fr...

Quite a long time ago I helped to organise a conference in Harrogate for music software designers.  It was fascinating.  There was a man fro...

I was walking along an underground passage at Bank tube station and a set of businessmen were walking towards me. One of them, close to the ...

I've just washed my laptop. Don't do this at home!

I have been collecting photos for the new CD cover and they are all packaged up to send to Em. She did the cover for Poetry and Rhyme and ...

I didn't post yesterday because Offsprog 2 got mugged by seven teenagers the day before; her bag was stolen and she was 'shaken up...

Just been to the garden centre to get a gro-bag for the courgettes I have grown from  seed. They are heavy and I got a trolley to put it on...

I am overhearing the Italy/Paraguay game. I love the tooters. I also double-love the national anthem bit, and I resolve to watch this part...

I have spent the evening worrying about work, and consequently missed something I had really been looking forward to- a showing of Val Phoen...