I've never been much of a fan of chocolate box holiday destinations, and I'd rather have my fingernails pulled out with pliers than find myself on a 'beach holiday'. I also have a fondness for bunkers, having enjoyed a trip to Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker a few years ago, followed ...

In anticipation of Valentine's Day, for the National Year of Reading, I spent a week racing around London recording various people reading their favourite 'love poems'. Forgive the poor sound quality - I'm no sound engineer (which is why you can hear a washing machine in the background of Patsy Palmer's ...

Last night, the sight of an old Type 2 VW campervan on TV caused me to wonder what had become of my old campervan Seymour. You can read a little about Seymour here. So I got on the Internet and searched for "Seymour the campervan" and tracked down his new owner, ...

Years ago, I bought a "full stereo unit" - one of the original stack systems - along with a pair of wonderful speakers (which were almost as tall as me) from a good friend who was in the process of moving abroad. And it was an amazing system. For the first ...

A little while back, charities were in the news as they tentatively investigated the merits of using social media to spread the word about a variety of cause-related campaigns. The influence of the likes of Bebo, MySpace and Facebook emerged during a panel discussion hosted by digital agency Enable Interactive attended ...