We are about to go into 2010, how was the last decade for you? Here are the highlights of my last decade. 2000- I watched the Millennium firework display on a balcony overlooking the Thames in London on the eve of the year 2000 with my daughter...

I don’t have a Christmas rush, because I take time to go buy food we want to eat on the ‘big day’ and contrary to popular belief, shops DON’T run out of stuff. My problem is having time to organise myself and the work, and the amazing evil...

Just watching the Nativity scene in my local town square, I was struck by how bare it looked. Having given birth myself once, and I do say once because it was so painful and distressing, I never done it again, I was shocked at how serene Mary always...

Long life energy saving light bulbs are total bollocks. They don’t last ten years and they are so dull you have to buy the highest wattage, which still feels like a flickering candle and end up buying another lamp to brighten the room. How is that...

I had an awesome wrap party night at the BBC gig, just lovely and my daughter Ashley came along and made me happy. She makes me laugh; she suggested that she buy me a small red duffel coat so that I can run around the river bridges of Glasgow in a...