this one could run and run!… well, this morning i got a phonecall from the irish embassy in london…. “there’s been a problem with your passport application” says the girl on the other end of the line and then proceeds to explain to me how the laminating machine which they use to make the passports [...]

my ex-girlfriend julie‘s granny ‘alice‘ died the other week, some days after being taken ill on boxing day. this weekend i got invited round to her house, where the family where clearing out her meagre possessions, to see if i wanted the telly and a couple of other bits’n’bobs that would otherwise go on the [...]

last night i dreamt that i was sitting by the touchline, waiting for this summer’s FA cup final to start and, as is customary with dreams, was having an endless cycle of frustration – in this case, trying to connect my laptop to my online bookies to put a bet on before the match started. [...]