The snow arrived Thursday evening last week and now, Thursday afternoon this week, it seems to be in retreat, thanks to some solid thawing from yesterday afternoon onwards, whose effect was redoubled by cold light rain. But it's been nice while it's...

Another very photogenic day means, I'm afraid, more waffle. I've another dozen or so shots which I can't resist putting on display, so again I'm going to have to pad the text out a bit to accomodate them. It's been a bit colder today. I think it was...

I was right when I wrote last night that we'd wake up to a good covering of snow this morning, because we found about four inches on the ground at daybreak today. It wasn't a difficult prediction to make, though, because the bulk of that had fallen...

There's a kind of hush all over the world tonight. Yes, it is the sound of two lovers in love, but it is more particularly the sound of mass shock at the announcement of Richard Sims' betrothal. Anything's possible, and so Dickie's finally gone and...

Stupidly I forgot to tape the Kieren Fallon documentary on the BBC on Monday night. There was never going to be any chance of my watching it as it went out - a programme which ENDS at 11.30 is off limits, never mind one which starts at that time - but...